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LEND: A Case-controlled Investigation of Pain Experience and Sensory Function in Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis.

Center:

MN-Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2015

Contact Information:

Frank Symons
[email protected]
612-626-8697

Product Description:

This case-control study explored pain experience and expression among individuals with Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL) through parental report, tactile-sensory testing, and infrared thermography (IRT). Results: Children with NCL experienced pain frequently and from multiple sources that negatively impacted their lives. Children with NCL were reactive to the sensory testing as indexed by significant increased IRT temperature change (P<0.001).DISCUSSION: Ongoing reported pain was a problem for the children with NCL in this sample. Increased pain expression during the repeated Von Frey filament suggests that the pathophysiology of the ongoing pain may be centrally

Keyword(s):

sensitivity to pain

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Target Audience:

Professionals

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To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25569218

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