Pain Sensitivity testing

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Predicting Individual Pain Sensitivity Using a Novel Cortical Biomarker Signature

This cohort study analyzes electroencephalography data from healthy participants to analyze and validate a cortical biomarker signature for pain, which comprised the measures sensorimotor peak alpha frequency and corticomotor excitability.

jamanetwork.com

Not clinically useful. But if we knew how “tough” they were or weren’t we might treat patients with more (or less) empathy.

 

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Predicting Individual Pain Sensitivity Using a Novel Cortical Biomarker Signature

This cohort study analyzes electroencephalography data from healthy participants to analyze and validate a cortical biomarker signature for pain, which comprised the measures sensorimotor peak alpha frequency and corticomotor excitability.

jamanetwork.com

Not clinically useful. But if we knew how “tough” they were or weren’t we might treat patients with more (or less) empathy.

This should be a part of the standard intake protocol in every pain clinic.