Differential effects of visually induced analgesia and attention depending on the pain stimulation site

ConclusionThese data suggest that the modulation of perceived acute pain by visually induced analgesia may be influenced by a simultaneous somatosensory attention task.SignificanceSomatosensory attention reduced experimental pain intensity in the thumb and back in the presence of both congruent and incongruent visual feedback. We found no significant visual feedback effect on the complex interplay between visual feedback and somatosensory attention.

Source: European Journal of Pain - October 15, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Larissa Cordier, Eva Marie Ullrich, Stephan Herpertz, Walter Zieglg änsberger, Jörg Trojan, Martin Diers Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research