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The pain-adaptation model: a discussion of the relationship between chronic musculoskeletal pain and motor activity.
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It is suggested that the "dysfunction" that is characteristic of several types of chronic musculoskeletal pain is a normal protective adaptation and is not a cause of pain.Abstract:
Articles describing motor function in five chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions (temporomandibular disorders, muscle tension headache, fibromyalgia, chronic lower back pain, and postexercise mus...read more
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Nociception from skeletal muscle in relation to clinical muscle pain.
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Moving differently in pain: a new theory to explain the adaptation to pain.
Paul W. Hodges,Kylie Tucker +1 more
TL;DR: The motor adaptation to pain from the micro (single motoneuron) to macro (coordination of whole-muscle behaviour) levels is considered and to provide a basis for a new theory to explain the motor changes in pain.
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Acute and Chronic Craniofacial Pain: Brainstem Mechanisms of Nociceptive Transmission and Neuroplasticity, and Their Clinical Correlates
TL;DR: The recent findings provide new insights into craniofacial pain behavior and are particularly relevant to many approaches currently in use for the management of pain and to the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures aimed at manipulating peripheral inputs and central processes underlying nociceptive transmission and its control within the VBSNC.
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Pain and motor control of the lumbopelvic region: effect and possible mechanisms
TL;DR: It is argued that, at least in some cases, pain may cause the changes in control of the trunk muscles in people with low back pain, and strategies of prevention and rehabilitation of LBP are argued.
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Trunk muscle activation in low-back pain patients, an analysis of the literature
TL;DR: It is proposed that motor control changes in patients are functional in that they enhance spinal stability and suggest an alternative model to explain the alterations of trunk muscle recruitment due to low-back pain.
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Etiology of the pain-dysfunction syndrome
TL;DR: According to the psychophysiologic theory, masticatory muscle spasm is the primary factor in myofascial pain-dysfunction syndrome as mentioned in this paper, and emotional rather than mechanical factors are the prime etiologic agents in stimulating chronic oral habits that produce muscle fatigue.
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Studies on function and dysfunction of the masticatory system IV. Age and sex distribution of symptoms of dysfunction of the masticatory system in Lapps in the north of Finland
TL;DR: In this paper, the age and sex distribution of symptoms of dysfunction of the masticatory system in 321 Lapps in Northern Finland was investigated. According to both anamnestic and a clinical dysfunction index roughly the same prevalence of dysfunction was found among men as among women.
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The function of the erectores spinae muscles in certain movements and postures in man
W. F. Floyd,P. H. S. Silver +1 more
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Neuron patterns controlling transmission of ipsilateral hind limb reflexes in cat
TL;DR: The results of experiments designed to resolve the segmental reflex into its functional components are described, finding that group I and group II fibers are the lowest threshold fibers in muscle and cutaneous nerves respectively, and may be excited in isolation by the simple expedient of selecting the appropriate nerves.
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EMG Biofeedback and Tension Headache: A Controlled Outcome Study
TL;DR: In this article, a significant reduction in muscle contraction headache activity was observed in patients trained in the relaxation of the forehead musculature through EMG biofeedback, which consisted of 16 semiweekly 20 min. EMG feedback sessions augmented by daily home practice.
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