Respuesta de las medidas relacionadas con la sensibilización central en personas mayores con dolor lumbar crónico

Larissa Bragança Falcão Marques1, Leandro Alberto Calazans Nogueira2, Robert Resende Nascimento1

  • 1Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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Resumen

Las medidas de sensibilización central, como la Modulación Condicionada del Dolor (CPM) y el Inventario de Sensibilización Central (CSI), son menos sensibles que los resultados de dolor y discapacidad en adultos mayores con dolor lumbar que se someten a ejercicio. Estas medidas de sensibilización central no se recomiendan para el monitoreo de la efectividad de la intervención del ejercicio.

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