Do Patients with Chronic Spinal Pain and Comorbid Insomnia Have More Features of Central Sensitization? A Case-Control Study

• Published in: Healthcare (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 24; p. 3152
• Main Authors: Araújo Almeida, Lucas, Bilterys, Thomas, Van Looveren, Eveline, Mairesse, Olivier, Cagnie, Barbara, Meeus, Mira, Moens, Maarten, Goubert, Dorien, Munneke, Wouter, Danneels, Lieven, Ickmans, Kelly, Rezende Camargo, Paula, Nijs, Jo, Malfliet, Anneleen, De Baets, Liesbet
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.12.2023; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
• Subjects: Anxiety; central sensitization; chronic pain; chronic spinal pain; Comorbidity; Exercise; Fatigue; Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi; Health Informatics; Health Information Management; Health Policy; Human health sciences; Insomnia; Leadership and Management; Nervous system; Orthopedics, rehabilitation & sports medicine; Orthopédie, rééducation & médecine sportive; Pain; Patients; Personal health; polysomnography; Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology; Questionnaires; Sciences de la santé humaine; Sleep; United States > US; central sensitization; chronic pain; polysomnography; chronic spinal pain; insomnia

Chronic spinal pain (CSP) is a major public health problem worldwide, frequently related to sleep problems. Central sensitization (CS) may worsen the clinical picture of CSP patients with insomnia. The aim of this study was to compare self-reported and objectively measured clinical outcomes between...