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En pointe: dancers report their pain less variably than do controls

dc.contributor.authorCanaipa, Rita
dc.contributor.authorMendonça, Diogo
dc.contributor.authorAgostinho, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorNascimento, Vanda
dc.contributor.authorHonigman, Liat
dc.contributor.authorTreister, Roi
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-22T16:31:10Z
dc.date.available2022-01-01T01:30:17Z
dc.date.issued2021-01
dc.description.abstractThe subjective nature of pain and the lack of a gold standard for objective measurement hinders effective assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Some individuals, such as professional dancers, are better in assessing and reporting bodily sensations. This observational study aimed to assess whether dancers report their pain less variably, than other people do. After consenting, subjects completed the focused analgesia selection test (FAST), which assesses subjects’ variability of pain reports. FAST outcomes, ICC and R2 reflect the magnitude of variability of pain reports observed. In addition, subjects underwent a taste task, which similarly assesses variability of tastes (salty and sweet) intensity reports and completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness questionnaire. Thirty-three professional dancers and 33 healthy aged-matched controls were recruited. The dancers exhibited less variability of pain reports then controls (P = .013), but not in case of tastes-reports. Years of practice was positively correlated with pain reporting variability (r = .447, P = .009, and r = .380, P = .029; for FAST ICC and R2, respectively). Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness subscores correlated with pain reporting variability: R2 and ICC with emotional awareness (r = .260, P = .040, and r = .274, P = .030, respectively), and R2 with trusting [r = .254, P = .044]). Perspective: The difference between dancers and controls in the magnitude of variability of pain reports is probably due to the dancers’ extensive training, which focuses on attention to body signals. Our results suggest that training can improve subjective pain reports, which are essential for quality clinical care.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpain.2020.06.005
dc.identifier.eid85089159070
dc.identifier.issn1526-5900
dc.identifier.pmid32702405
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/36025
dc.identifier.wos000713548200010
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectAthletespt_PT
dc.subjectInteroceptionpt_PT
dc.subjectPain assessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectPain intensitypt_PT
dc.subjectPain variabilitypt_PT
dc.titleEn pointe: dancers report their pain less variably than do controlspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage105pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage97pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Painpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume22pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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