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central sensitization: a standalone construct

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increased responsiveness of central pain pathways after injury, so that pain is amplified and spreads beyond the injured area.

In pain science, central sensitization refers to increased responsiveness of central pain pathways after injury, so that pain is amplified and spreads beyond the injured area. This meaning comes from Woolf (1983) in Nature.[1]

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References

  1. Woolf, C. J. (1983). Evidence for a central component of post-injury pain hypersensitivity. Nature, 306(5944), 686-688. https://doi.org/10.1038/306686a0

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