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Niels Birbaumer

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Corrigendum to “Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Standardized protocol and reference values” […

2006

a Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany b Department of Neurology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany c Division of Neurological Pain Research and Therapy, Department of Neurology, University of Kiel, Germany d Department of Pain Management, BG Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany e Department of Neurology, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany f Department of Anaesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany g Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany h Department of Neurology, University of Freiburg, Germany i Department of Clinical and Co…

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Influence of somatosensory input on motor function in patients with chronic stroke.

2004

In healthy volunteers, reduction of somatosensory input from one hand leads to rapid performance improvements in the other hand. Thus, it is possible that reduction of somatosensory input from the healthy hand can influence motor function in the paretic hand of chronic stroke patients with unilateral hand weakness. To test this hypothesis, we had 13 chronic stroke patients perform motor tasks with the paretic hand and arm during cutaneous anesthesia of the healthy hand and healthy foot in separate sessions. Performance of a finger tapping task, but not a wrist flexion task, improved significantly with anesthesia of the hand, but not the foot. This effect progressed with the duration of anes…

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Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Standardized protocol and reference values

2006

The nationwide multicenter trials of the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS) aim to characterize the somatosensory phenotype of patients with neuropathic pain. For this purpose, we have implemented a standardized quantitative sensory testing (QST) protocol giving a complete profile for one region within 30 min. To judge plus or minus signs in patients we have now established age- and gender-matched absolute and relative QST reference values from 180 healthy subjects, assessed bilaterally over face, hand and foot. We determined thermal detection and pain thresholds including a test for paradoxical heat sensations, mechanical detection thresholds to von Frey filaments and a 64 …

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Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Somatosensory abnormalities in 1236 patients with different n…

2009

Neuropathic pain is accompanied by both positive and negative sensory signs. To explore the spectrum of sensory abnormalities, 1236 patients with a clinical diagnosis of neuropathic pain were assessed by quantitative sensory testing (QST) following the protocol of DFNS (German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain), using both thermal and mechanical nociceptive as well as non-nociceptive stimuli. Data distributions showed a systematic shift to hyperalgesia for nociceptive, and to hypoesthesia for non-nociceptive parameters. Across all parameters, 92% of the patients presented at least one abnormality. Thermosensory or mechanical hypoesthesia (up to 41%) was more frequent than hypoalgesia (up…

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