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Intravenous lidocaine relieves spinal cord injury pain: a randomized controlled trialNanna B Finnerup
Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus Sygehus, Aarhus, Denmark
Anesthesiology 102:1023-30. 2005..The current study examines the analgesic effect of the sodium channel blocker lidocaine on neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord injury and the predictive role of concomitant evoked pain on pain relief with lidocaine...
Algorithm for neuropathic pain treatment: an evidence based proposalN B Finnerup
Department of Neurology, Danish Pain Research Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus Sygehus, Noerrebrogade 44, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
Pain 118:289-305. 2005....
Spinal cord injury pain--mechanisms and treatmentN B Finnerup
Danish Pain Research Center and Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Eur J Neurol 11:73-82. 2004..SCI neuropathic pain is difficult to treat. Experimental and human randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trials on pharmacologic treatment of SCI pain are summarized...
MRI in chronic spinal cord injury patients with and without central painN B Finnerup
Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Neurology 61:1569-75. 2003..Central pain following spinal cord injury (SCI) is common and thought to be related to lesion of the spinothalamic pathways...
Mechanisms of disease: mechanism-based classification of neuropathic pain-a critical analysisNanna B Finnerup
Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Nat Clin Pract Neurol 2:107-15. 2006....
Sensory function in spinal cord injury patients with and without central painN B Finnerup
Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Brain 126:57-70. 2003..These data suggest that lesion of the spinothalamic pathway alone cannot account for central pain in SCI patients, and that neuronal hyperexcitability at injury or higher level may be an important mechanism for pain below injury level...
Anticonvulsants in central painNanna B Finnerup
Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Noerrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Expert Opin Pharmacother 3:1411-20. 2002..Present suggestions for anticonvulsant treatment of CP are lamotrigine as the first choice, followed by gabapentin or carbamazepine/oxcarbazepine. These compounds are considered as effective as the antidepressant amitriptyline...
Lamotrigine in spinal cord injury pain: a randomized controlled trialNanna B Finnerup
Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Arhus, Denmark
Pain 96:375-83. 2002....
Levetiracetam in spinal cord injury pain: a randomized controlled trialN B Finnerup
Danish Pain Research Center, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Spinal Cord 47:861-7. 2009..A 1-week baseline period was followed by two treatment periods of 5 weeks duration with levetiracetam increased from 500 mg b.i.d. to a maximum of 1500 mg b.i.d. separated by a 1-week washout period...
Pain and dysesthesia in patients with spinal cord injury: A postal surveyN B Finnerup
Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Centre, University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark
Spinal Cord 39:256-62. 2001..Unexpectedly, only 7% of the patients were treated with drugs considered to be most effective in neuropathic pain. This emphasizes the need for a continued research and education on P/D in SCI...
Sensory perception in complete spinal cord injuryN B Finnerup
Departments of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Centre Neuroradiology Clinical Neurophysiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Acta Neurol Scand 109:194-9. 2004..SEP and MRI did not differentiate between these two groups. CONCLUSION: The present study suggests retained sensory communication across the injury in complete SCI, i.e. 'sensory discomplete' SCI...
Sensory function above lesion level in spinal cord injury patients with and without painN B Finnerup
Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Somatosens Mot Res 20:71-6. 2003..The results are discussed in relation to current concepts of pain inhibitory and facilitating systems...
The efficacy of the AMPA receptor antagonist NS1209 and lidocaine in nerve injury pain: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, three-way crossover studyLise Gormsen
Danish Pain Research Center and Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrogade 44, Building 1A, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Anesth Analg 108:1311-9. 2009....
Abdominal pain in long-term spinal cord injuryN B Finnerup
Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Spinal Cord 46:198-203. 2008..To describe the prevalence and character of chronic abdominal pain in a group of patients with long-term spinal cord injury (SCI) and to assess predictors of abdominal pain...
Chronic neuropathic pain: mechanisms, drug targets and measurementNanna B Finnerup
Department of Neurology, Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, DK 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Fundam Clin Pharmacol 21:129-36. 2007..The present review summarizes mechanisms of neuropathic pain, targets of currently used drugs, and measures used in neuropathic pain trials...
A review of central neuropathic pain statesNanna B Finnerup
Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, and the Spinal Cord Unit, Viborg Hospital, Denmark
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 21:586-9. 2008..The present review highlights recent advances in the understanding of the underlying mechanisms and in the diagnosis and treatment of central pain...
Reaction to topical capsaicin in spinal cord injury patients with and without central painNanna B Finnerup
Danish Pain Research Center and Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrogade 44, DK 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Exp Neurol 205:190-200. 2007..04) but not an increased response to capsaicin in patients with central pain. These results suggest that SCI patients with below-level pain have increased responses to some but not all sensory input at the level of injury...
Pharmacology and treatment of neuropathic painsTroels S Jensen
Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Curr Opin Neurol 22:467-74. 2009..This review briefly discusses the definition and clinical presentation of neuropathic pain and highlights recent advances in the treatment of neuropathic pain...
Antidepressants in the treatment of neuropathic painSøren H Sindrup
Department of Neurology, Odense University Hospital, DK 5000 Odense, Denmark
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 96:399-409. 2005..However, without head-to-head comparisons between antidepressants and other analgesics, it is not possible to provide real evidence-based treatment algorithms for neuropathic pain...
Pharmacological management of neuropathic pain following spinal cord injuryCathrine Baastrup
Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
CNS Drugs 22:455-75. 2008..Cannabinoids have been found to relieve other types of central pain, and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors as well as opioids relieve peripheral neuropathic pain and may be used to treat patients with SCI pain...
Pain, referred sensations, and involuntary muscle movements in brachial plexus injuryNanna B Finnerup
Danish Pain Research Center and Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Acta Neurol Scand 121:320-7. 2010..Examination of the relationship between pain, sensory hypersensitivity, referred sensations and involuntary muscle jerks in patients with brachial plexus injury...
A randomized study of the effects of gabapentin on postamputation painLone Nikolajsen
Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Anesthesiology 105:1008-15. 2006..Pain after amputation is common but difficult to treat. Therefore, the authors examined whether postoperative treatment with gabapentin could reduce postamputation stump and phantom pain...
Segmental hypersensitivity and spinothalamic function in spinal cord injury painNanna B Finnerup
Danish Pain Research Center and Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Exp Neurol 207:139-49. 2007....
Cold hyposensitivity after topical application of capsaicin in humansMikkel G Callsen
Danish Pain Research Center and Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrogade 44, Aarhus, Denmark
Exp Brain Res 191:447-52. 2008..These results suggest a peripheral mediated decrease in cold sensation following TPRV1 receptor activation...
Central post-stroke pain: clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and managementHenriette Klit
Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Lancet Neurol 8:857-68. 2009..Although treatment of CPSP is difficult, the most effective approaches are those that target the increased neuronal hyperexcitability...
An evidence-based algorithm for the treatment of neuropathic painNanna B Finnerup
Department of Neurology, Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
MedGenMed 9:36. 2007..The purpose of this article is to discuss an evidence-based algorithm that can be implemented by the primary care physician in his/her daily clinical practice for the treatment of patients with neuropathic pain conditions...
Clinical trial outcome in neuropathic pain: relationship to study characteristicsJennifer Katz
Department of Psychology, State University of New York College at Geneseo, NY, USA
Neurology 70:263-72. 2008..It is unclear whether these trials were unsuccessful because the medications truly lack efficacy or whether characteristics of the trials compromised the demonstration of treatment benefits...
Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: evidence-based recommendationsRobert H Dworkin
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Pain 132:237-51. 2007..Long-term studies, head-to-head comparisons between medications, studies involving combinations of medications, and RCTs examining treatment of central NP are lacking and should be a priority for future research...
Pain after spinal cord injury: an evidence-based review for clinical practice and research. Report of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Spinal Cord Injury Measures meetingThomas N Bryce
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, 5 East 98th Street, 6th Floor, Box 1240B, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Spinal Cord Med 30:421-40. 2007..To examine the reliability, validity, sensitivity, and practicality of various outcome measures for pain after spinal cord injury (SCI), and to provide recommendations for specific measures for use in clinical trials...
Expansion of nociceptive withdrawal reflex receptive fields in spinal cord injured humansOle K Andersen
Center for Sensory Motor Interaction, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7, D3, Aalborg DK 9220, Denmark
Clin Neurophysiol 115:2798-810. 2004..In the present study, withdrawal reflex receptive field (RRF) was determined in complete SCI subjects (N=9)...
