Endogenous pain modulation in chronic orofacial pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Originally published in the Pain journal. 2018 Aug;159(8):1441-1455. Translation: Nicolás E. Barbosa.
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https://doi.org/10.47924/neurotarget201940Keywords:
Endogenous pain modulation, Chronic orofacial pain, Temporal summation of pain, Conditioned pain modulation, Meta- analysisAbstract
Abnormal endogenous pain modulation was suggested as a potential mechanism for chronic pain, ie, increased pain facilitation and/or impaired pain inhibition underlying symptoms manifestation. Endogenous pain modulation function can be tested using psychophysical methods such as temporal summation of pain (TSP) and conditioned pain modulation (CPM), which assess pain facilitation and inhibition, respectively. Several studies have investigated endogenous pain modulation function in patients with nonparoxysmal orofacial pain (OFP) and reported mixed results. This study aimed to provide, through a qualitative and quantitative synthesis of the available literature, overall estimates for TSP/CPM responses in patients with OFP relative to controls. MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane databases were searched, and references were screened independently by 2 raters. Twenty-six studies were included for qualitative review, and 22 studies were included for meta-analysis. Traditional meta-analysis and robust variance estimation were used to synthesize overall estimates for standardized mean difference. The overall standardized estimate for TSP was 0.30 (95% confidence interval: 0.11-0.49; P = 0.002), with moderate between-study heterogeneity [Q (df = 17) = 41.8, P = 0.001; I2 70.2%]. Conditioned pain modulation’s estimated overall effect size was large but above the significance threshold (estimate 51.36; 95% confidence interval:20.09 to 2.81; P = 0.066), with very large heterogeneity [Q (df = 8) =108.3, P < 0.001 ; l2 = 98.0%]. Sensitivity analyses did not affect the overall estimate for TSP; for CPM, the overall estimate became significant if specific random-effect models were used or if the most influential study was removed. Publication bias was not present for TSP studies, whereas it substantially influenced CPM’s overall estimate. These results suggest increased pain facilitation and trend for pain inhibition impairment in patients with nonparoxysmal OFP.
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