title: Pain from renal/ureteral calculosis: evaluation of sensory thresholds in the lumbar area.
abstract: Patients with unilateral renal/ureteral calculosis who had suffered a few painful attacks were examined. In the pain-free period, muscular, subcutaneous and cutaneous sensory thresholds to electrical stimulation were measured in the lumbar region (metamer L1) on both sides: (1) pain thresholds were lower on the affected side with respect to both the contralateral side and control thresholds recorded in normal subjects; (2) the greatest decrease in threshold was in the muscle (even the sensation of sustained contraction was no longer detectable), followed by subcutaneous tissue, and the smallest decrease was in the skin.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Chieti, ChietiItaly Groupe de Neurobiologie Appliquée, INRA, Jouy-en-JosasFrance.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vecchiet
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Giamberardino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dragani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Albe-Fessard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000503:physiopathology; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications*