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Table 2 Sensory abnormalities according to the location of encephalic lesions in CPSP patients

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

Sensory changes

Lesion site

 

Th

ThC

SETh

BrS

Und

Total

Heat and cold hypoesthesia

6 (75.0)

5 (100.0)

14 (100.0)

7 (87.5)

5 (100.0)

37 (92.5)

Heat and cold hyperesthesia

1 (12.5)

 

-

-

-

1 (2.5)

Cold hyperesthesia and heat hypoesthesia

1 (12.5)

-

-

1 (12.5)

-

2 (5.0)

Hypalgesia

5 (62.5)

4 (80.0)

12 (85.7)

6 (75.0)

3 (60.0)

30 (75.0)

Hyperalgesia

3 (37.5)

1 (20.0)

2 (14.3)

1 (12.5)

2 (40.0)

9 (22.5)

Hyperpathia

6 (75.0)

4 (80.0)

11 (78.6)

5 (62.5)

3 (60.0)

29 (72.5)

Reduced vibration sensitivity

6 (75.0)

3 (60.0)

14 (100.0)

2 (25.0)

3 (60.0)

28 (70.0)

Tactile allodynia

3 (50.0)

3 (60.0)

10 (71.4)

4 (50.0)

2 (40.0)

22 (57.9)

Thermal allodynia

1 (12.5)

4 (80.0)

7 (50.0)

3 (37.5)

3 (60.0)

18 (45.0)

Kinestesic allodynia

-

-

3 (21.4)

-

-

3 (7.5)

TOTAL

8

5

14

8

5

40 (100)

  1. Results are expressed as number (%). Th: Thalamic; ThC: Thalamic-capsular; SETh: Supratentorial extra-thalamic; BrS: Brain Stem; Und: Undetermined. CPSP: Central Post-Stroke Pain.