central sensitization: clinical implications for chronic head and neck pain
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Central Sensitization: Clinical Implications for Chronic Head and Neck Pain. Arthur S. Roberts DDS, MD, MSc Indiana Craniofacial Center, PC Indiana University School of Dentistry Oral Medicine University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Pain Management. DISCLOSURES. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Central Sensitization: Clinical Implications for Chronic Head and Neck Pain
Arthur S. Roberts DDS, MD, MScIndiana Craniofacial Center, PC
Indiana University School of DentistryOral Medicine
University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Pain Management
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DISCLOSURES
• Innovative Health Solutions• American Academy of Pain Management
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WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
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Prototype
• 35-55 y/o female• Extensive PMH • Multiple prior providers• Polypharmacy• Often hypervigilant• Either non-communicative or circumstantial• May be none of the above!!!
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Chronic Pain Is Not Acute Pain
• Pathologic not protective• Multidimensional (Biopsychosocial)• Entangled via neuromatrix• Pan-Systemic
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Chronic pain implies an altered neuromatrix
• “The neuromatrix, which is genetically determined and modified by sensory experience, is the primary mechanism that generates the neural pattern that produces pain. Its output pattern is determined by multiple influences, of which the somatic sensory input is only a part, that converge on the neuromatrix.” Melzack 2001
* Emphasis added
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Neuromatrix Is A Process
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Central Sensitization
• “Sensory-afferent signals overwhelm the body's ability to filter them” [1,2] – neuro-immune dysfunction,– neuro-endodrine dysfunction – NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) dysregulation– Sympatho-afferent coupling– Altered serotonin and norepinephrine production
and utilization
Melzach, Woolf 2001
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Common CS symptoms
•Depression•Anxiety•Sleep fragmentation •Allodynia•Hyperalgesia•Fatigue [1,3-5]
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Two Etiological Pathways
• Chronification of nociceptive pain – Neuroplastic changes – Peripheral sensitization – Central sensitization
• Chronic stress – Elevated levels of chronic stress– Anxiety – Sleep fragmentation – Decreased pain thresholds– Dysautonomia
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Etiology of CSS
Genetic predisposition
Environmental Trauma
Physical Psychological
Infectious Lyme disease Chronic EBV Parasites
Toxins Heavy metal Biotoxins
Medications
Sleep disturbances Sleep apnea Circadian
rhythm disorders
Metabolic Thyroid
disease Autoimmune
Celiac disease
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• Disruption of the normal circadian cycle
• Reduced basal cortisol levels
Damage to hippocampal neurons and reduced neurogenesis
Dysregulation of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis
Kaplan 2013
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Bimodality
Pain Depression
Depression and chronic pain share common neurophysiology and neurobiology. They are mutually reinforcing neuropathologic processes.
Kaplan 2013
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Common genetic vulnerabilities Common neurobiology
Neuroanatomy Neuroendocrinology Neuroimmunology Neurotransmitters
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From CS to CSS
Microglial Activation
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Hypoxia
Ischemia Neurodegenerative Diseases
Infections
Toxins
Trauma
Kaplan 2013
Microglia Activation
Medication
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Central Sensitization Syndrome
CSS = Chronic Pain + Neuropsychiatric Condition
Neuroinflammatory Neurodysregulatory Neurodegenerative
Kaplan 2013
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MDD6.6% per
year = 21 M people
16.7% over a lifetime = 51 M people♀> 2:1 ratio ♂
50% to
65%
1,2,3,4,5,7,9,11
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When depression and chronic pain occur together, treatment success is
dramatically lower and cost is dramatically higher than when these
conditions occur separately.
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Central Sensitization Syndromes (CSS)
CSS
TTHMGNPLM
D
FMS
RLS
CFSTMD
AOBMSPTSD
DPSN
PDIBS
MCSMPS
Adapted from Wallace and Clauw [2] Tension-type HAMigraineLimb Movement DisorderFibromyalgiaRestless Leg SyndromeChronic Fatigue SyndromeTMDAtypical OdontalgiaBurning Mouth SyndromePost Traumatic Stress DisorderDepressionPrimary DysmenorrheaIrritable Bowel SyndromeMultiple Chemical SensitivitiesMyofascial Pain Syndrome
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Characteristic sequelae central sensitization
• Vagal dysregulation [7, 18, 20]• Sympatho-afferent coupling of sensitized trigeminal
complex [6,21-25]• Decreased medullary descending inhibition
[8,11,12,15-17,23,26-32]• Hypoactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
– Autonomic nervous system alterations • Increased sympathetic tone• Low vagal tone
[5,12,14,20,21,23-25,33-38]
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Vagal dysregulation
• Reduces endorphin release • Alters serotonin production and utilization– Altered accommodation of minimally painful
events– Contributes to depression [7, 18, 20]
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Sympatho-afferent coupling
• Sensitized trigeminal complex• Lowered parasympathetic drive• Increased sympathetic drive– Altered norepinephrine levels – Dysfunctional sleep– Anxiety [6,21-25]
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Decreased medullary descending inhibition
• Increases effect of peripheral nociceptive input– Lowered pain thresholds – Hyperalgesia,– Allodynia– Greater impact of peripheral sensitization[8,11,12,15-17,23,26-32]
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Hypoactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
• autonomic nervous system alterations• increased sympathetic tone • low vagal tone • Immune abnormalities• Fatigue • Malaise [5,12,14,20,21,23-25,33-38]
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Indicators for central sensitization.
• depression• anxiety• hyperalgesia• allodynia• stress related pain exacerbation• fatigue • poor sleep
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Therapeutic Problems
• Polypharmacy • different prescribing specialists • iatrogenic contribution – failing to differentiate chronic from acute pain
• Symptomatic - Acute symptoms of CSS disorders need to be addressed
• Syndromic - Essential to treat the pathways in chronic pain disease
[2,5,7,8,13-15,17,19,20,32]
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Two approaches to CSS therapy
• Symptomatic approach: Address the effects of CS after it has occurred
• Syndromic approach: Interrupt the CS • Optimal outcomes often depend on doing
both. – Pharmacological – Non-pharmacological
[1,4,6,8,13,14, 40-44]
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. Pharmacological Approaches
• Treating the effects– Acetaminophen– Serotonin (SSRI) and norepinephrine (SNRI) reuptake
inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants (TCA)– Opioids and Tramadol
• Drugs that may treat the central sensitization itself:– N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor blockers
• Namenda, Ketamine, Memantine– Calcium channel alpha(2) ligands
• Gabapentin, Lyrica
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Non-pharmacological Approaches (NPT)
• Each element of neuromatrix is potential therapeutic target
• Two broad operative groups: – Reducing CS itself– Responding to the effects of CS
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
• Safe and non-invasive• Stimulation of the motor cortex and prefrontal cortex • Limited application
– Short duration of effects– Significant equipment costs – Greater efficacy in centrally, rather than peripherally, originated pain– Reverses intra-cortical motor dysfunction– Alters sensory-discriminative function– Restores of descending inhibition– Improves cognitive function [56,57] – Some investigators argue that the analgesic effects are independent of
descending inhibitory control and are influenced by other elements of the neuromatrix [58]
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Manual Therapy
• Improves function • Improves descending inhibition
• Widespread analgesia. • Short duration• Limited assistance in desensitizing the neuromatrix• Addresses functional rehabilitation
[4,13,60-64]
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Virtual Reality
• Limited evidence • Distraction in the hyper-vigilant patient• Potential benefit in patients with movement
associated nociceptive etiology• Not in widespread use [13,65]
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Improving Stress Tolerance and Neuro feedback Training
• Stress – Etiologic and exacerbating factor for CS – Endogenous (chronic pain)– Exogenous (psychosocial changes)– Irritable, hyper-excitable chronic pain patient– Related to sympatho-afferent coupling in the hypothalamic-pituitary-
adrenal axis of the neuromatrix. – neuro-immune changes from upregulated pronociceptive immune
mediators in primary afferent nociceptors• Reduction of stress levels improves:
• Pain threshold • Maladaptive behavior • Autonomic balance
[12,14,17,35,36,66-68]
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
• Activates poly-segmental inhibitory feedback • Significant effect with focal, segmental chronic
pain• Results in widespread pain are equivocal[13,40, 69-73]
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Percutaneous Electroneural Stimulation (PENS)
• Percutaneous stimulation of peripheral branches of multiple cranial and cervical nerves
• Trigeminal, Vagus, Occipital – Discreet – Stimulates afferents
• improved autonomic regulation • Improves centrally mediated pain • Improves sensory - discriminatory functions • serotonin/norepinephrine production and utilization• endorphin production • analgesia and mood improvement appears to follow a ‘learning curve’[59] • cost-effective, non-invasive, low co-morbidity option[1,2,5, 6,8-10,12-15,20-23,25-28,42-44,53, 55]
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Once initiated central sensitization can engender additional presentations
• Increased frequency and intensity of pain• Increased endogenous stress levels• Increased sympatho-afferent coupling• Autonomic dysfunction
– anxiety– poor sleep– difficulty coping– lowered pain thresholds– increased risk of developing additional presentations of CS
• Persistent microglial inflammation [2,74]
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Removal Of The Initiating Stimulus Will Not Insure Favorable Outcomes
•Continuing stimulus for the development and/or maintenance of CS – Extended disease course– Additional CS presentations (syndromes)– Devolves to dealing with the effects of the CS
rather than control or eradication of the CS [2,3,74]
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Stress Induced CS
• No biological axis may exist in the early stages – Maladaptive behavior• Engender biological issues• Contribute to maintenance and exacerbation of CS
– PTSD – Depression
– HPA induced changes– Microglial activation
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Conclusions
• Potentially progressive • Devastating• Multimodal disease • Worldwide economic and social burden
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Effective intervention
• Fundamental differences in acute and chronic pain
• Effects on and by the neuromatrix • biopsychosocial health of the individual
patient• Integrate a comprehensive multidisciplinary
therapeutic plan
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CSS Prognosis
Guarded
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The comorbidity of neuropsychiatric disease (depression, GAD, PTSD) and
chronic pain are common.
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When depression and chronic pain occur together, treatment success is
dramatically lower and cost is dramatically higher than when these
conditions occur separately.
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