Peripheral input and phantom limb pain: A somatosensory event-related potential study.
Journal
European journal of pain (London, England)
ISSN: 1532-2149
Titre abrégé: Eur J Pain
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9801774
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2020
08 2020
Historique:
received:
09
01
2020
revised:
06
04
2020
accepted:
17
04
2020
pubmed:
27
4
2020
medline:
26
1
2021
entrez:
27
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Following amputation, nearly all amputees report nonpainful phantom phenomena and many of them suffer from chronic phantom limb pain (PLP) and residual limb pain (RLP). The aetiology of PLP remains elusive and there is an ongoing debate on the role of peripheral and central mechanisms. Few studies have examined the entire somatosensory pathway from the truncated nerves to the cortex in amputees with PLP compared to those without PLP. The relationship among afferent input, somatosensory responses and the change in PLP remains unclear. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation was applied on the truncated median nerve, the skin of the residual limb and the contralateral homologous nerve in 22 traumatic upper-limb amputees (12 with and 10 without PLP). Using somatosensory event-related potentials, the ascending volley was monitored from the brachial plexus, the spinal cord, the brainstem and the thalamus to the primary somatosensory cortex. Peripheral input could evoke PLP in amputees with chronic PLP (7/12), but not in amputees without a history of PLP (0/10). The amplitudes of the somatosensory components were comparable between amputees with and without PLP. In addition, evoked potentials from the periphery through the spinal, subcortical and cortical segments were not significantly associated with PLP. Peripheral input can modulate PLP but seems insufficient to cause PLP. These findings suggest the multifactorial complexity of PLP and different mechanisms for PLP and RLP. Peripheral afferent input plays a role in PLP and has been assumed to be sufficient to generate PLP. In this study we found no significant differences in the electrical potentials generated by peripheral stimulation from the truncated nerve and the skin of the residual limb in amputees with and without PLP. Peripheral input could enhance existing PLP but could not cause it. These findings indicate the multifactorial complexity of PLP and an important role of central processes in PLP.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Following amputation, nearly all amputees report nonpainful phantom phenomena and many of them suffer from chronic phantom limb pain (PLP) and residual limb pain (RLP). The aetiology of PLP remains elusive and there is an ongoing debate on the role of peripheral and central mechanisms. Few studies have examined the entire somatosensory pathway from the truncated nerves to the cortex in amputees with PLP compared to those without PLP. The relationship among afferent input, somatosensory responses and the change in PLP remains unclear.
METHODS
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation was applied on the truncated median nerve, the skin of the residual limb and the contralateral homologous nerve in 22 traumatic upper-limb amputees (12 with and 10 without PLP). Using somatosensory event-related potentials, the ascending volley was monitored from the brachial plexus, the spinal cord, the brainstem and the thalamus to the primary somatosensory cortex.
RESULTS
Peripheral input could evoke PLP in amputees with chronic PLP (7/12), but not in amputees without a history of PLP (0/10). The amplitudes of the somatosensory components were comparable between amputees with and without PLP. In addition, evoked potentials from the periphery through the spinal, subcortical and cortical segments were not significantly associated with PLP.
CONCLUSIONS
Peripheral input can modulate PLP but seems insufficient to cause PLP. These findings suggest the multifactorial complexity of PLP and different mechanisms for PLP and RLP.
SIGNIFICANCE
Peripheral afferent input plays a role in PLP and has been assumed to be sufficient to generate PLP. In this study we found no significant differences in the electrical potentials generated by peripheral stimulation from the truncated nerve and the skin of the residual limb in amputees with and without PLP. Peripheral input could enhance existing PLP but could not cause it. These findings indicate the multifactorial complexity of PLP and an important role of central processes in PLP.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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Pagination
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Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ID : B07
Pays : International
Organisme : China Scholarship Council
Pays : International
Organisme : European Research Council
ID : 230249
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. European Journal of Pain published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Pain Federation -EFIC®.
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