Palmitoylethanolamide and stearoylethanolamide levels in the interstitium of the trapezius muscle of women with chronic widespread pain and chronic neck-shoulder pain correlate with pain intensity and sensitivity

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1649-1658

  Ghafouri, Nazdar ^a,b,c   Ghafouri, Bijar ^a,b,d   Larsson, Britt ^a,b   Stensson, Niclas ^a,b   Fowler, Christopher J ^c   Gerdle, Björn ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UHL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Centre of Surgery and Oncology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Microdialysis; Myalgia; N Acylethanolamines; Pain; Palmitoylethanolamide; Widespread pain

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; PALMIDROL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEAROYLETHANOLAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIALYSATE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERSTITIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRODIALYSIS; NECK PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

CANNABINOID; MICRODIALYSIS; MYALGIA; N-ACYLETHANOLAMINES; PAIN; PALMITOYLETHANOLAMIDE; WIDESPREAD PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ETHANOLAMINES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICRODIALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALMITIC ACIDS; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SHOULDER PAIN; STEARIC ACIDS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881669317     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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