Subjects with Knee Osteoarthritis Exhibit Widespread Hyperalgesia to Pressure and Cold

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e0147526
• Main Authors: Moss, Penny, Knight, Emma, Wright, Anthony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Ankle; Anxiety; Arthritis; Back pain; Biocompatibility; Biology and Life Sciences; Body mass; Body mass index; Body size; Chronic pain; Cold; Cold pressing; Cold Temperature; Cross-Sectional Studies; Elbow; Elbow (anatomy); Fibromyalgia; Gender; Heat; Humans; Hyperalgesia; Hyperalgesia - physiopathology; Knee; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Obesity; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - physiopathology; Pain; Pain Measurement; Pain perception; Pain sensitivity; Pain Threshold; Patients; Pressure; Rheumatology; Sensitivity; Stimuli; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tennis; Thermal stimuli; Thresholds; Whiplash injuries; Young Adult; Australia; Western Australia Australia

Hyperalgesia to mechanical and thermal stimuli are characteristics of a range of disorders such as tennis elbow, whiplash and fibromyalgia. This study evaluated the presence of local and widespread mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia in individuals with knee osteoarthritis, compared to healthy contr...