Peters Madelon L, Schmidt Anton J M, Van den Hout Marcel A
Department of Medical Psychology, University of Limburg, MaastrichtThe Netherlands.
Pain. 1989 Oct;39(1):69-76. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(89)90176-0.
Previous research has shown an interaction between chronic and acute pain behavior. Chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients seem to have a higher pain perception threshold and a lower pain tolerance than pain-free controls. The major focus is, however, on another aspect of pain behavior: habituation of the pain response after repeated stimulation. Habituation of the pain perception threshold was found for control subjects but not for CLBP patients. Inability to habituate to pain may be regarded as a risk factor in the development of CLBP.
先前的研究表明慢性疼痛行为与急性疼痛行为之间存在相互作用。慢性下腰痛（CLBP）患者似乎比无疼痛的对照组具有更高的疼痛感知阈值和更低的疼痛耐受性。然而，主要关注点在于疼痛行为的另一个方面：重复刺激后疼痛反应的习惯化。在对照组受试者中发现了疼痛感知阈值的习惯化，但CLBP患者中未发现。无法适应疼痛可能被视为CLBP发生发展的一个风险因素。
