A Quantitative Sensory Testing Approach to Pain in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autor/inn/en	Vaughan, Sarah; McGlone, Francis; Poole, Helen; Moore, David J.
Titel	A Quantitative Sensory Testing Approach to Pain in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50 (2020) 5, S.1607-1620 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-019-03918-0
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Adults; Sensory Experience; Pain; Diagnostic Tests; Scores; Heat; Individual Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Sinnerfahrung; Schmerz; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Hitze; Individueller Unterschied
Abstract	Sensory abnormalities in autism has been noted clinically, with pain insensitivity as a specified diagnostic criterion. However, there is limited research using psychophysically robust techniques. Thirteen adults with ASD and 13 matched controls completed an established quantitative sensory testing (QST) battery, supplemented with measures of pain tolerance and central modulation. The ASD group showed higher thresholds for light touch detection and mechanical pain. Notably, the ASD group had a greater range of extreme scores (the number of z-scores outside of the 95% CI > 2), dynamic mechanical allodynia and paradoxical heat sensation; phenomena not typically seen in neurotypical individuals. These data support the need for research examining central mechanisms for pain in ASD and greater consideration of individual difference. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01