Pain Thresholds in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Effect of Tender Point Counts and Disease Duration

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作者：
Pollard, Louise C. [1 ,2 ]
Ibrahim, Fowzia
Choy, Ernest H. [3 ]
Scott, David L.
机构：
[1] Kings Coll London, Dept Rheumatol, Weston Educ Ctr, Sch Med, London SE5 9RJ, England
[2] Kings Coll London, Weston Educ Ctr, Univ Hosp Lewisham, London SE5 9RJ, England
[3] Cardiff Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Cardiff, Wales
来源：
JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY | 2012年 / 39卷 / 01期
关键词：
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; 28-JOINT COUNT DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; TENDER POINTS; FATIGUE; PAIN THRESHOLD; TUMOR-NECROSIS-FACTOR; FIBROMYALGIA; ASSOCIATION; CLASSIFICATION; HYPERALGESIA; CRITERIA; SCALE;
D O I：
10.3899/jrheum.110668
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
Objective. We evaluated the influence of demographic and clinical factors on pain thresholds in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. A cross-sectional observational study (105 patients with RA) assessed pain thresholds using an algometer. Regression analysis examined the influence of demographic and clinical assessments. Results. Pain thresholds (median 289, interquartile range 89-434) correlated with assessments of disease activity (tender joint counts), disability (Health Assessment Questionnaire), fatigue, depression, and anxiety. Ordinal logistic regression showed tender point counts and disease duration were the dominant contributors. Conclusion. These findings suggest that low pain thresholds reflect "fibromyalgic" RA (many tender points) and central pain sensitization with prolonged disease duration. (First Release Nov 15 2011; J Rheumatol 2012;39:28-31; doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110668)
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