Central
hyperexcitability in chronic musculoskeletal pain:
nA conceptual breakthrough
with multiple clinical implications .
nRecent investigations of dysfunctional
pain processing in the central nervous system have contributed
much knowledge about the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Many common chronic
musculoskeletal pain syndromes - including regional myofascial pain
syndromes, whiplash pain syndromes, refractory work-related neck-shoulder pain, certain types of
chronic low back pain, fibromyalgia and others - may essentially be
explained by abnormalities in central pain modulation.
nThe growing awareness of dysfunctional
central pain modulation may be a conceptual breakthrough leading to a better understanding of
common chronic pain disorders
nJ. Lidbeck. Central hyperexcitability
in chronic musculoskeletal pain: A conceptual breakthrough with multiple
clinical implications. Pain Res Manage 2002; 7(2):81-92