Overlapping Pain Trajectory Study
Disrupted Spatial and Temporal Nociceptive Filtering in Adolescents With and Risk for Overlapping Pain Conditions
About This Trial
The goal of this observational study is to learn about spatial and temporal nociceptive filtering in adolescents with chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. If spatial and temporal filtering of nociceptive information is disrupted in youth with COPCs compared with youth with localized pain conditions and healthy controls. 2. If disrupted nociceptive processing at baseline is associated with the transition from a single localized pain condition to COPCs in youth. Participation includes: * quantitative sensory testing * blood draw * sleep assessment * questionnaires
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Treatments Being Tested
Conditioned Pain Modulation
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) procedure evaluates the change in mechanical and heat pain sensitivity by a contralateral conditioning stimulus (cold immersion). This psychophysical paradigm investigates inhibitory pain modulation processes.
Offset Analgesia
Offset analgesia (OFA) procedure evaluates the disproportionate change in heat pain sensitivity after a slight decrease in stimulus intensity. This psychophysical paradigm investigates inhibitory pain modulation processes.
Spatial Summation
Spatial summation (SS) procedure evaluates the change in heat pain sensitivity when applying two painful stimuli simultaneously compared to one stimulus alone. This psychophysical paradigm investigates facilitatory pain modulation processes.
Temporal Summation
Temporal summation (TS) procedure evaluates the change in mechanical pain sensitivity after exposure to a series of noxious stimuli of the same intensity. This psychophysical paradigm investigates facilitatory pain modulation processes.