Recommendations on practice of conditioned pain modulation (CPM) testing

D Yarnitsky; D Bouhassira; A M Drewes; R B Fillingim; M Granot; P Hansson; R Landau; S Marchand; D Matre; K B Nilsen; A Stubhaug; R D Treede; O H G Wilder-Smith

doi:10.1002/ejp.605

Recommendations on practice of conditioned pain modulation (CPM) testing

Eur J Pain. 2015 Jul;19(6):805-6. doi: 10.1002/ejp.605. Epub 2014 Oct 20.

Authors

D Yarnitsky¹, D Bouhassira, A M Drewes, R B Fillingim, M Granot, P Hansson, R Landau, S Marchand, D Matre, K B Nilsen, A Stubhaug, R D Treede, O H G Wilder-Smith

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.

PMID: 25330039
DOI: 10.1002/ejp.605

Abstract

Protocols for testing conditioned pain modulation (CPM) vary between different labs/clinics. In order to promote research and clinical application of this tool, we summarize the recommendations of interested researchers consensus meeting regarding the practice of CPM and report of its results.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Conditioning, Psychological / physiology*
Humans
Pain / diagnosis*
Pain Measurement / methods
Pain Threshold / physiology*