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| Title |
Different DHEA-S Levels and Response Patterns in Individuals with Chronic Neck Pain, Compared with a Pain Free Group-a Pilot Study.
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| Published in |
Pain Medicine, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.1093/pm/pnw162 |
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| Authors |
A Grimby-Ekman, B Ghafouri, H Sandén, B Larsson, B Gerdle |
| Abstract |
To test, in this pilot study, whether DHEA-S (Dehydroepiandrosterone, sulfated form) plasma levels are lower among persons with chronic neck pain, compared to control persons, and to investigate the DHEA-S response after a physical exercise. Included were 12 persons with chronic neck pain and eight controls without present pain, all 18 and 65 years of age. Exclusion criteria for both groups were articular diseases or tendinosis, fibromyalgia, systemic inflammatory and neuromuscular diseases, pain conditions due to trauma, or severe psychiatric diseases. The participants arm-cycled on an ergometer for 30 minutes. Blood samples were taken before, 60 minutes, and 150 minutes after this standardized physical exercise. The estimated plasma DHEA-S levels at baseline were 2.0 µmol/L (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.00; 4.01) in the pain group and 4.1 µmol/L (95% CI2.0; 8.6) in the control group, adjusted for sex, age, body mass index (BMI), and Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ), with a ratio of 0.48 (P = 0.094).The total DHEA-S (AUCG) in the pain group were 183 min*µmol/L lower than in the control group (P = 0.068). For the response to the exercise (AUCI), the difference between the pain group and the control group was 148 min*µmol/L (P = 0.011). In this pilot study, the plasma DHEA-S levels appeared to be lower among the persons with chronic neck pain, compared with the control group. It was indicated that DHEA-S decreased during the physical exercise in the control group, and either increased or was unaffected in the chronic pain group. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 117 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 116 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 17% |
| Unknown | 34 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 26% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 19% |
| Sports and Recreations | 7 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 6 | 5% |
| Psychology | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Unknown | 37 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 August 2016.
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#15,381,002
of 22,882,389 outputs
Outputs from Pain Medicine
#2,295
of 3,033 outputs
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#237,402
of 366,175 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Pain Medicine
#39
of 65 outputs
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