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Table 1 Patient’s demographics, types of stroke, past medical history, VAS, aggravating factors of pain, the presence of motor deficits, MPS and medications in 40 patients with central poststroke pain

From: Central poststroke pain: somatosensory abnormalities and the presence of associated myofascial pain syndrome

Patient

Age

Gender

Stroke

Past medical hystory

VAS

Aggravating factors

Motor deficits1

MPS

Medications

One year follow-up VAS

1

65

male

Ischemic

Hipertension

10

cold / movement / mood swings

no

no

nortrip, CBZ, methad

7

2

53

female

Ischemic

Diabetis

10

cold / mood swings

yes

yes

amitrip, CBZ, NSAID

8

3

60

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

8

cold / movements

no

no

amitrip, GBP

2

4

65

female

Ischemic

 

10

weather changes / cold

no

no

nortrip, CBZ

8

5

69

male

Ischemic

 

6

mood swings

yes

no

amitrip, CBZ, chlorpr

0

6

49

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

10

heat / mood swings

yes

yes

GBP

8

7

63

female

Ischemic

Hypertension

9

cold /movements

no

no

amitrip

4

8

54

male

Ischemic

Diabetis

10

mood swings

no

yes

amitrip, CBZ, GBP, tramadol

10

9

64

male

Ischemic

 

10

cold / movements

yes

no

imipramine, chlorpr

8

10

45

female

Ischemic

Hypertension

10

cold / mood swings

no

yes

amitrip, sertraline, CBZ, chlorpr

6

11

74

male

hemorragic

 

8

cold / weather changes / mood swings

yes

yes

amitrip

4

12

61

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

10

cold / weather changes /movements

yes

yes

CBZ, cyclobenz

3

13

53

female

Ischemic

Cardiopathy, diabetis

10

diabetis descompensation

yes

yes

amitript

8

14

65

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

9

cold / heat / mood swings

no

yes

nortrip

7

15

65

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

10

mood swings

yes

yes

amitrip, chlorpr

5

16

65

male

Ischemic

 

10

cold / movements / mood swings

no

yes

amitrip, methad

6

17

34

female

Ischemic

 

10

skin contact / movements

no

yes

nortrip, chlorpr

8

18

67

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

9

cold / contact / movements

no

yes

GBP

6

19

61

male

Ischemic

Cardiopathy

9

cold / mood swings

yes

yes

nortrip, fluox, baclof, CBZ

3

20

66

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

10

heat / cold

yes

no

nortrip

5

21

59

female

Ischemic

Parkinsons

10

mood swings

no

yes

amitrip, chlorpr

6

22

40

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

10

cold / heat

no

no

amitrip, GBP

9

23

41

male

hemorragic

Hypertension

10

cold / mood swings

yes

yes

amitrip, CBZ, chlorp

10

24

78

female

Ischemic

Hypertension

5

cold / mood swings

yes

yes

imipramin, chlorp

4

25

80

male

Ischemic

Diabetis

6

diabetis descompensation / heat

yes

yes

amitrip, CBZ, chlorp

4

26

84

female

Ischemic

Hypertension

10

mood swings

no

yes

amitrip, sertral, bromazep

9

27

55

female

Ischemic

Hypertension

8

cold / movements

no

yes

amitrip, chlorpr

5

28

63

female

Ischemic

 

8

mood swings / movements

no

yes

amitrip, sertral

5

29

60

male

Ischemic

 

8

sexual activity / movements

no

yes

clomipramine, CBZ

8

30

56

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

8

cold / heat

no

yes

amitrip, chlorpr

6

31

64

male

Ischemic

 

7

cold / weather changes

no

no

GBP

6

32

60

male

Ischemic

Migraine

6

cold / movement / mood swings

no

no

CBZ

0

33

47

male

Ischemic

 

10

cold / weather changes

yes

yes

amitrip, GBP

8

34

64

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

7

mood swings / movements

no

no

amitrip, CBZ

0

35

51

male

Ischemic

Diabetis

9

cold / heat

yes

yes

amitrip, cyclobenz

7

36

42

female

hemorragic

 

9

mood swings

no

yes

amitript

8

37

61

female

Ischemic

Hypertension

10

cold / movement

yes

yes

GBP, nortrip

7

38

54

male

Ischemic

 

10

mood swings / movements

yes

yes

GBP

8

39

67

female

hemorragic

dislipidemia

10

cold / heat

no

no

amitript

9

40

58

male

Ischemic

Hypertension

7

mood swings

no

no

amitript

5

  1. MPS = miofascial pain syndrome, 1 = pyramidal motor deficits, amitrypt = amitryptiline, nortrypt = nortriptiline, CBZ = carbamazepine, GBP = gabapentin, chlorpr = chlorpromazine, fluox = fluoxetine, sertral = sertraline, methad = methadone.