Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN, cilt.13, sa.3, ss.27-32, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
Objectives: Alexithymia is related to chronic pain with symptomatic patients, but the relationship between alexithymia and pain in healthy young subjects is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between pressure-pain threshold [PPT] and alexithyrnia in healthy young subjects. Methods: This study included young volunteers. Pressure-pain threshold was assessed using a pressure dolorimeter over the third fingertip, the biceps brachii muscle, and the pectoral muscle. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale [TAS-20] was used to assess alexithymic traits among the study subjects. Results: Total TAS-20 scores of 104 subjects [30 male, 74 female], aged 18-23, years was 45.3 [SD 7.9]. There was no significant correlation between mean the TAS-20 scores and PPT values. Three facets of TAS-20 [difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty communicating feelings, and externally oriented thinking] were not significantly correlated with PPT. The PPT values of Subjects for the biceps brachii muscle, the third finger, and the pectoral muscle were numerically lower on 7 the left side than on the right side, but only PPT of biceps brachii on the left side was significantly lower than the right side. Conclusion: We concluded that there was no correlation between alexithyrnia and PPT in young healthy subjects. There was no PPT asymmetry in the third finger or the pectoral muscle, whereas biceps brachii muscle revealed PPT asymmetry.