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Abstract

Background: In addition to being highly distressing, chronic migraine headaches are a major socioeconomic challenge. Like other pain syndromes, migraine headaches are associated with psychological and physiological impairments, including sensorimotor and somatosensory deficits. Aim: This study aims to explore whether patients with high-frequency or chronic migraine differ from a healthy population in the areas of laterality recognition (LAT) and facial emotion recognition (FER) and whether there are correlations between these areas and central sensitization of pain and psychological components like stress, depression, anxiety, and alexithymia. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, individuals with high-frequency or chronic (ICHD classification) migraine (migraine group MG = 45) and healthy individuals (control group CG = 25) were studied using LAT testing (hand, neck, and face); FER testing; and questionnaires, including the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Results: Data from 70 participants were collected for analysis. Statistically significant differences were found only in the assessment of central sensitization (p < 0.001). Weak to moderate monotonic correlations were found for the MG, especially between alexithymia detection (TAS-20) and facial emotion recognition (FER test). Discussion: The methodological procedure and its accompanying challenges can be seen as limitations of this study. The lack of significant effects must be mentioned, but the selection of the collected questionnaires, the uniform diagnostics, and the statistical processing of a large amount of data represent methodological strengths. Conclusion: The CSI and the TAS-20 could be used in combination with FER to assess chronic migraine. Implementing the described sensorimotor parameters as a therapeutic intervention requires further investigation.

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Title
Exploring Facial Somatosensory Distortion in Chronic Migraine: The Role of Laterality and Emotion Recognition—A Cross-Sectional Study
Author
Taxer, Bernhard 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Harry von Piekartz 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lauth, Wanda 3 ; Christova, Monica 4 ; Leis, Stefan 5 

 Department of Physiotherapy, FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences Graz, 8020 Graz, Austria; [email protected] (B.T.); [email protected] (M.C.); Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care and Neurorehabilitation, Christian Doppler Medical Centre, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; [email protected] 
 Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany 
 Research Programme Biomedical Data Science, PMU Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; [email protected]; Team Biostatistics and Big Medical Data, IDA Lab Salzburg, PMU Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria 
 Department of Physiotherapy, FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences Graz, 8020 Graz, Austria; [email protected] (B.T.); [email protected] (M.C.); Otto Loewi Research Center, Division of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria 
 Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care and Neurorehabilitation, Christian Doppler Medical Centre, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; [email protected] 
First page
8102
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20763417
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3110314687
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.