Experimental muscle pain: A quantitative study of local and referred pain in humans following injection of hypertonic saline

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-69

  Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Svensson, Peter ^b   Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cutaneous hypo and hyperesthesia; Experimental muscle pain; hypertonic saline; referred pain

Indexed keywords

HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOSTEUM; SKIN SENSATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0031025981     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v05n01_04     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Bonica JJ: General considerations of acute pain. The management of Pain, second edition. Edited by Bonica JJ. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia London, 1990, pp. 180-196.
2. Meadows JC: Observations on muscle pain in man, with particular reference to pain during needle electromyography. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatt 33:519-523, 1970.
3. Vecchiet L, Galletti R, Giamberardino MA, Dragani L, Marini F: Modifications of cutaneous, subcutaneous and muscular sensory and pain thresholds after the induction of an experimental algogenic focus in the skeletal muscle. Clin J Pain 4:55-59, 1988.
4. Vecchiet L, Giamberardino MA, Marini I: Immediate muscular pain from physical activity. Advances in Pain Research and Therapy. Edited by M Tiengo et al. Raven Press, New York, 1987, vol 10, pp. 193-218.
5. Jensen K, Norup M: Experimental pain in human temporal muscle induced by hypertonic saline, potassium and acidity. Cephalalgia 12:101-106, 1992.
6. Kellgren JH: Observations on referred pain arising from muscle. Clin Sci 3:175-190, 1938.
7. Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Nielsen LB, Jensen K, Edvinsson L, Jansen J, Olesen J: Algesia and local responses induced by neurokinin A and substance P in human skin and temporal muscle. Peptides 10:1147-1152, 1989.
8. Feinstein B, Langton JNK, Jameson RM, Schiller F: Experiments on pain referred from deep tissues. J Bone and Joint Surg 36:981-997, 1954.
9. Stohler CS, Lund JP: Effects of noxious stimulation of the jaw muscles on the sensory experience of volunteer human subjects. Biological & Psychological aspects of orofacial pain. Edited by Stohler CS, Carlson DS. Craniofacial Growth Series 29, Center for Human Growth & Development, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994, pp. 55-73.
10. Inman VT, Saunders JBCM: Referred pain from skeletal structures. J Nerv Ment Dis 99:660-667, 1944.
11. Steinbrocker O, Isenberg SA, Silver M, Neustadt D, Kuhn P, Schittone M: Observations on pain produced by injections of hypertonic saline into muscles and other supportive tissues. J Clin Inv 32:1045-1051, 1953.
12. Wolff BB, Potter JL, Vermeer WL, McEwen C: Quantitative measures of deep somatic pain: Preliminary study with hypertonic saline. Clin Sci 20:345-350, 1961.
13. Vecchiet L, Dragani L, de Bigontina P, Obletter G, Giamberardino MA: Experimental referred pain and hyperalgesia from muscles in humans. New trends in referred pain and hyperalgesia. Edited by Vecchiet L, Albe-Fessard D, Lindblom U, Giamberardino MA. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1993, pp. 239-249.
14. Stohler CS, Zhang X, Ashton-Miller JA: An experimental model of jaw muscle pain in man. The Biological Mechanisms of Tooth Movement and Craniofacial Adaptation. Edited by Davidovitch Z. The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 1992, pp. 503-511.
15. Drewes AM, Helweg-Larsen S, Petersen P, Brennum J, Andreasen A, Poulsen LH, Jensen TS: McGill pain questionnaire translated into Danish: Experimental and clinical findings. Clin J Pain 9:80-87, 1993.
16. Melzack R: McGill pain questionnaire: Major properties and scoring methods. Pain 1:275-299, 1975.
17. Wolff BB, Jarvik ME: Quantitative measures of deep somatic pain: Further studies with hypertonic saline. Clin Sci 28:43-56, 1965.
18. Klepac RK, Dowling J, Hauge G: Sensitivity of the McGill Pain Questionnaire to intensity and quality of laboratory pain. Pain 10:199-207, 1981.
19. Jarvik EM, Wolff BB: Differences between deep pain responses to hypertonic and hypotonie saline solutions. J Appl Physiol 17:841-843, 1962.
20. Iggo A: Non-myelinated afferent fibres from mammalian skeletal muscle. J Physiol 155:52-53, 1961.
21. Paintal AS: Functional analysis of group III afferent fibres of mammalian muscles. J Physiol 152:250-270, 1960.
22. Mense S: Nociception from skeletal muscle in relation to clinical muscle pain. Pain 54:241-289, 1993.
23. Wall PD: Neurophysiological mechanisms of referred pain and hyperalgesia. New trends in referred pain and hyperalgesia. Edited by Vecchiet L, Albe-Fessard D, Lindblom U, Giamberardino MA. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1993, pp. 3-11.
24. Reading AE: Testing pain mechanisms in persons in pain. Textbook of Pain. Edited by Wall PD, Melzack R. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, London, Melbourne and New York, 1984, pp. 195-204.
25. Yamaguchi GT, Sawa AGU, Moran DW, Fessier MJ, Winters JM: A survey of human musculotendon actuator parameters. Multiple Muscle Systems, Biomechanics and movement organization. Edited by Winters JM, Woo SL-Y. Springer-Verlag, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1990, pp. 716-773.
26. Mense S: Peripheral mechanisms of muscle nociception and local muscle pain. J Musculoske Pain 1(1):133-170, 1993.
27. Lindahl O: Experimental muscle pain produced by chemical stimulus. Acta Orthop Scan 40:741-750, 1970.
28. Lewis T: Suggestions relating to the study of somatic pain. Br Med J 12:321-325, 1938.
29. McMahon SB: Mechanisms of cutaneous, deep and visceral pain. Textbook of Pain. Edited by Wall PD, Melzack R. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, London, Madrid, Melbourne, New York and Tokyo, 1994, pp. 129-151.
30. Travell JG, Simons DG: Myofascial pain and dysfunction. The trigger point Manual. Williams & Williams, Baltimore, USA, Vol 1, 1982.
31. Hoheisel U, Mense S: Long-term changes in discharge behaviour of cat dorsal neurons following noxious stimulation of deep tissues. Pain 36:239-247, 1989.
32. Hu JW, Sessle BJ, Raboisson P, Dallel R, Woda A: Stimulation of craniofacial muscle afferents induces prolonged fascilitatory effects in trigiminal nociceptive brain-stem neurons. Pain 48:53-60, 1992.
33. Hockaday JM, Whitty CWM: Patterns of referred pain in the normal subject. Brain 90:481-496, 1967.
34. Kellgren JH: On the distribution of pain arising from deep somatic structures with charts of segmental pain areas. Clin Sci 4:35-46, 1939.
35. Giamberardino MA, Rampin O, Laplace JP, Vecchiet L, Albe-Fessard D: Muscular hyperalgesia and hypoalgesia after stimulation of the ureter in rats. Neurosci Lett 87:29-34, 1988.
36. Vecchiet L, De Bigontina P, Giamberardino MA: Experimental pain from the subcutaneous tissue: Sensory evaluation in the painful area. Pain Supp 5:310, 1990.
37. Le Bars D, Dickenson AH, Besson J-M: Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC). I. Effects on dorsal horn convergent neurons in the rat. Pain 6:283-304, 1979.