527 Late-Breaking: Objective Assessment of Behaviour, Pain, and Lameness Due to Digital Dermatitis in Beef Cattle

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 153-154
Author(s):  
Anice D Thomas ◽  
Karin Orsel ◽  
Edmond Pajor
Keyword(s):  
Scoring System ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Digital Dermatitis ◽  
Lower Pain ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Median Maximum

Abstract Digital dermatitis (DD) is an infectious disease affecting cattle feet causing ulcerative and necrotic skin lesions. Most lesions are painful when palpated, some cause lameness and significantly impact animal welfare and productivity. Our objectives were: to determine if changes in behaviour were associated with DD in cattle, to quantify pain associated with DD lesions, and to determine the relationship between pain sensitivity and lameness, and DD and lesion temperature. In total, 255 animals across three feedlots were enrolled. A subset of 120 animals were fitted with accelerometers to record behaviour. Cattle were scored for lameness (Step-Up Locomotion Scoring System), both hind feet scored for DD (M-stage scoring system), the pressure pain threshold of lesions determined using pressure algometry and lesion temperature using thermal images. Animals and feet were classified as DD absent or present. Further, DD present was divided into active or chronic. Behaviour, 5 to 2 days before DD identification was analyzed. Animals with DD ruminated 3% less daily compared to animals without DD (P < 0.05). Further, animals with active lesions ruminated 5% less daily (P < 0.05). Daily inactivity time was greater in animals with DD and the effect of day depended on type of lesion (P < 0.05). Feet without DD lesions withstood 5.6N more pressure (P < 0.001). Active lesions were most sensitive withstanding 8.1N less pressure and chronic lesions 4.1N less pressure than DD absent feet (P < 0.05). Moderate to severely lame animals withstood 3.1N less pressure than sound animals (P < 0.001). Median maximum temperature (MMT) was higher in feet with DD compared to those without (P < 0.001) with MMT being highest in active lesions (P < 0.05). In conclusion, rumination is depressed, and inactivity increased in DD affected animals. Both active and chronic lesions are painful, lame animals have a lower pain threshold and DD is associated with higher lesion temperatures.

scholarly journals 1042 SLEEP MODERATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER AND PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD

SLEEP ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. A388-A388
Author(s):  
BA Fulton ◽  
CM Campbell ◽  
SF Lerman ◽  
M Smith ◽  
LF Buenaver
Keyword(s):  
Temporomandibular Joint ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Temporomandibular Joint Disorder ◽  
Pressure Pain ◽  
Joint Disorder ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Relationship between School Backpacks and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children 8 to 10 Years of Age: An Observational, Cross-Sectional and Analytical Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania López Hernández ◽  
Marina Caparó Ferré ◽  
Sílvia Giné Martí ◽  
Isabel Salvat Salvat
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Pressure Pain ◽  
The Relationship

Back pain in children is a reality and various factors are involved in its etiology. The study’s aim was to analyze the relationship between the use and type of backpack and pain in children. An analytical observational cross-sectional study was conducted among 123 schoolchildren between 8–10 years. Data on the participants’ weight and height and their backpacks were collected, as well as the way of travel to school and their physical activity during the week. The results indicated that all backpacks were large because the backpack’s height is longer than torso length. Participants who studied in a traditional educational system (62.60%) carried backpacks that exceeded 10% of their body weight. Additionally, 31.7% of the students presented pain. There is no significant correlation between the weight or type of backpack and the pressure pain threshold collected from shoulders muscles. Participants who carried backpacks heavier than 10% of their body weight did not have more musculoskeletal pain or a lower pressure pain threshold than the others, although they did report greater fatigue. All these topics should be debated considering the student’s social environment and the backpack’s discomfort to the children, even though no relationship was found between musculoskeletal pain and backpack weight.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Acculturation and Experimental Pain Sensitivity in Asian Americans with Knee Osteoarthritis

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyochol Ahn ◽  
Setor K. Sorkpor ◽  
Miyong Kim ◽  
Hongyu Miao ◽  
Chengxue Zhong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Asian Americans ◽  
Pain Sensitivity ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Experimental Pain ◽  
Pain Tolerance ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Experimental Pain Sensitivity ◽  
The Relationship

Multiple studies in healthy populations and clinical samples have shown that ethnic minorities have greater pain sensitivity than their majority counterparts. Acculturation is speculated to be one of the sociocultural factors contributing to pain sensitivity since cultural beliefs and practices can influence the way patients perceive and respond to pain. However, the relationship of acculturation to pain sensitivity in minority populations remains poorly understood. Therefore, in this cross-sectional study, we examined the relationship between acculturation and experimental pain sensitivity in 50 Asian Americans residing in North Central Florida with knee osteoarthritis pain. The Suinn-Lew Asian Self Identity Acculturation Scale was used to assess acculturation, and multimodal quantitative sensory testing was performed to measure experimental sensitivity, including heat pain tolerance, pressure pain threshold, and punctate mechanical pain. Descriptive and regression analyses were performed. Participants’ mean age was 55.7 years, and about half of this sample were Korean American (56%). The participants had lived in the United States for 21 years on average. Regression analyses indicated that lower acculturation to American culture may contribute to greater experimental pain sensitivity. Asian Americans who were more acculturated to the American culture had higher heat pain tolerance (beta = 0.61, P=0.01), higher pressure pain threshold (beta = 0.59, P=0.02), and lower ratings of punctate mechanical pain (beta = −0.70, P<0.01). These findings add to the literature regarding sociocultural factors associated with pain in Asian Americans; additional research with a larger and more diverse sample of Asian Americans is warranted for cross-validation.

Cardiovascular responses to and modulation of pressure pain sensitivity in normotensive, pain-free women

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Mohn ◽  
Olav Vassend ◽  
Stein Knardahl
Keyword(s):  
Pain Sensitivity ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Cardiovascular Responses ◽  
Pressure Pain ◽  
Pain Stimulation ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Free Women ◽  
Analogue Scales

AbstractBackground and purposeThe psychophysiological responses to and modulation of pressure pain stimulation are relatively new areas of investigation. The aims of the present study were to characterize subjective and cardiovascular (CV) responses to pressure pain stimulation, and to examine the relationship between CV responding and pain pressure pain sensitivity.MethodsThirty-nine pain-free, normotensive women were included in the study and tested during the follicular phase of their menstrual cycles. Pain threshold and tolerance were recorded at the right masseter muscle and the sternum, and visual analogue scales (VAS) were used to rate both pain intensity (the sensory dimension) and discomfort (the affective dimension). Mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), and facial and digital skin blood flux (SBF) were registered continuously.ResultsThe pain threshold and tolerance were significantly higher at the sternum compared with the masseter, but the level of affective distress was higher at the masseter tolerance point. No associations emerged between pressure pain threshold and tolerance stimulation levels, and the corresponding VAS ratings. Pressure pain stimulation of the masseter induced significant increases in MAP, HR, and a decrease in digital SBF. During sternum pressure stimulation a significant change in HR and digital SBF was observed. There were no significant correlations between CV responding and pressure pain sensitivity.ConclusionHealthy women seem to display higher pressure pain sensitivity at the masseter region relative to the sternum. Pressure pain stimulation was associated with significant changes in MAP, HR, and SBF, but was not modulated by CV responses. The validity of these findings is strengthened by our control for menstrual cycle events, weekend-related changes in physiology, and CV changes during pain stimulation.ImplicationsThis study extends previous reports of SBF sensitivity to electrocutaneous pain into the field of pressure stimulation. Moreover, this study suggests that the often demonstrated association between high BP and low pain sensitivity may not apply to pressure pain specifically. Alternatively, this finding adds to the literature of gender differences in the relationship between CV responding and acute pain sensitivity in general.

scholarly journals Smoking is Associated with Reduced Leptin and Neuropeptide Y Levels and Higher Pain Experience in Patients with Fibromyalgia

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria I. Bokarewa ◽  
Malin C. Erlandsson ◽  
Jan Bjersing ◽  
Mats Dehlin ◽  
Kaisa Mannerkorpi
Keyword(s):  
Neuropeptide Y ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Tender Point ◽  
Unknown Etiology ◽  
Direct Stimulation ◽  
Pain Experience ◽  
Lower Pain ◽  
Neuroendocrine Responses

Smoking deregulates neuroendocrine responses to pain supporting production of neuropeptide Y (NpY) by direct stimulation of nicotinic receptors or by inhibiting adipokine leptin. Present study addressed the effect of cigarette smoking on adipokines and pain parameters, in 62 women with fibromyalgia (FM) pain syndrome with unknown etiology. Pain was characterized by a visual analogue scale, tender point (TP) counts, pressure pain threshold, and neuroendocrine markers NpY and substance P (sP). Levels of IGF-1, leptin, resistin, visfatin, and adiponectin were measured in blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Current smokers(n=18)had lower levels of leptin compared to ex-smokers (n=25,P=0.002), while the expected NpY increase was absent in FM patients. In smokers, this was transcribed in higher VAS-pain(P=0.04)and TP count(P=0.03), lower pain threshold(P=0.01), since NpY levels were directly related to the pain threshold (rho=0.414) and inversely related to TP counts (rho=-0.375). This study shows that patients with FM have no increase of NpY levels in response to smoking despite the low levels of leptin. Deregulation of the balance between leptin and neuropeptide Y may be one of the essential mechanisms of chronic pain in FM.

scholarly journals AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF PAIN THRESHOLD IN TRIVIDHA SATWABALA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2385-2391
Author(s):  
Anushree M. S ◽  
Soumya Saraswathi. M ◽  
Vidyanath R.
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analog Scale ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Experimental Pain ◽  
Analog Scale ◽  
Pressure Pain ◽  
Pressure Algometer ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Pain Visual Analog Scale

Introduction: ‘Purusha’ the sentient being in Ayurveda is formed by the combination of Satwa (Mind), Atma (Soul) and Shareera (Body). Among these, paramount importance has been given to the role of the mind in both health and diseased states. In the present study, the term Satwa has been used to denote Satwabala or the psychic strength of an individual. The assessment of Satwabala is an important part in examination of the patient and while planning the treatment. The interrelationship of mind and body is well explained in Ayurveda. The pain inflicted on one's body has influence on his mind. Some people feel pain more intensely than others and some tolerate it so much more than others. Thus, quantification of pain with reference to psychic strength is essential for diagnostic and pain monitoring purposes in clinical practice. Aim and Objectives: The study was carried out with an aim to assess the Pain threshold in the form of Pressure Pain Threshold [PPT] and the Pain intensity in the form of the Visual Analog Scale [VAS] in three types of Satwabala. It was hypothesised that there could be a positive relation between Satwabala and Pain threshold. Methods: For the objective assessment of Pressure Pain Threshold a simple handheld pressure Algometer has been used. For the subjective measurement of experimental pain, Visual Analog Scale was used. Further, the Satwa of participants was assessed using a standard questionnaire. Results: The resultssuggested that in people between the age group of 18-40 years, there exist a statistically highly significant positive correlation between Satwabala and Pain threshold with P< 0.01. Keywords: Satwa, Satwabala, Pain threshold, Pressure Pain Threshold, Visual Analog Scale.

scholarly journals Relationship between Forward Head Posture and Tissue Mechanosensitivity: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 634
Author(s):  
Patricia Martinez-Merinero ◽  
Susana Nuñez-Nagy ◽  
Alexander Achalandabaso-Ochoa ◽  
Ruben Fernandez-Matias ◽  
Daniel Pecos-Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neck Pain ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Cervical Vertebrae ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Forward Head Posture ◽  
Pressure Pain ◽  
Head Posture ◽  
Upper Trapezius ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between forward head posture (FHP) and neck pain is not clear. FHP could possibly increase the mechanosensitivity of cervical tissues, which could lead to the development of pain depending on the adaptation capability of the central nervous system. The purpose of this study was to analyse the influence of FHP in the mechanosensitivity of articular, muscular, and neural tissues related to the cervical spine. The pressure pain threshold was bilaterally measured in different muscles and nerves and the second cervical vertebrae. The cervical spine’s range of movement was also examined. The measurements were obtained from people with (n = 32) and without (n = 64) FHP. The analyses included a 2-by-2 mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA), pairwise comparisons with Bonferroni correction, and point-biserial correlation coefficients. Subjects with FHP showed a less pressure pain threshold (PPT) in all locations except for the upper trapezius and scalenus medius muscles. They also showed less extension and right-rotation range of motion. There was no association between FHP, neck pain, disability, and headache. Nevertheless, more research is needed to evaluate the relationship between FHP, tissue mechanosensitivity, and neck pain.

Metformin increases pressure pain threshold in lean PCOS women

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Kialka ◽  
Tomasz Milewicz ◽  
Krystyna Sztefko ◽  
Iwona Rogatko ◽  
Renata Majewska
Keyword(s):  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain
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