Widespread impairment of tactile spatial acuity and sensory-motor control in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain with neuropathic features.

Musculoskeletal Science & Practice
Ibai López-de-Uralde-VillanuevaTamara Del Corral

Abstract

To assess differences in tactile spatial acuity and in sensory-motor control between patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNSNP) with and without neuropathic features (NF), as well as asymptomatic. 183 participants were included, 135 had CNSNP classified by the Self-report version of Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs scale in order to identify pain with NF: (1) CNSNP with NF (n = 67), (2) CNSNP with No-NF (n = 68), and (3) asymptomatic subjects (n = 48). The following tests in the following order were assessed after determining the participants' clinical characteristics: 1) two-point discrimination, 2) joint position error, and 3) craniocervical flexion test. Both neck pain groups showed a significant reduction in their ability to discriminate two points in the trapezium and masseter, as well as a significant deficit of a moderate to large magnitude in craniocervical motor control compared with the asymptomatic group. However, only the CNSNP with NF group showed a significant impairment of the two-point discrimination in the tibia (d = 0.57) and a significant impairment of the kinesthetic sense (neck rotation, d = 0.73; neck lateroflexion, d = 0.69), compared with the asymptomatic group. Significant dif...Continue Reading

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