Neuropathic pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system is a
common chronic pain condition with major impact on quality of life. Examples include …

Central neuropathic pain arises from a lesion or disease of the central somatosensory
nervous system such as brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis or related …

Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is a psychophysical method used to quantify
somatosensory function in response to controlled stimuli in healthy subjects and patients …

Central post-stroke pain (CPSP) is a neuropathic pain syndrome that can occur after a
cerebrovascular accident. This syndrome is characterised by pain and sensory …

Chronic pain is a maladaptive neurological disease that remains a major health problem. A
deepening of our knowledge on mechanisms that cause pain is a prerequisite to developing …

Chronic pain is common in patients with neurologic complications of a central nervous
system insult such as stroke. The pain is most commonly musculoskeletal or related to …

For centuries, clinicians have been taught to examine and classify patients on the basis of
topographical lesion and the underlying pathology. In most clinical specialities, such an …

Pain is a serious consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI). Our aim was to investigate the
temporal aspects of different types of pain following traumatic SCI and to determine possible …

Neuropathic pain is a debilitating consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI) that remains
difficult to treat because underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood. In part, this is …

In the complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), several theories proposed the existence of
pathophysiological mechanisms of central origin. Recent studies highlighted a smaller …