Luana Gola Alves

Dr. Luana Gola Alves


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 May 2024 in Rheumatology International
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AGAnna Carolyna Gianlorenco
Anna Carolyna Gianlorenco
VCValton da Silva Costa
Valton da Silva Costa
WMWalter Augusto Fabris Moraes
Walter Augusto Fabris Moraes
MMMaryela Menacho
Maryela Menacho
LALuana Gola Alves
Luana Gola Alves
Felipe FregniFelipe Fregni
Felipe Fregni

13 September 2024 in Biomedicines
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KPKevin Pacheco-Barrios
Kevin Pacheco-Barrios
RFRafaela Filardi
Rafaela Filardi
LGLuis Fernando González-González
Luis Fernando González-González
NPNayeon Park
Nayeon Park
FPFernanda Queiroz Petrus
Fernanda Queiroz Petrus
Felipe FregniFelipe Fregni
Felipe Fregni
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) and temporal summation (TS) tests can measure the ability to inhibit pain in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients and its level of pain sensitization, respectively. However, their clinical validity is still unclear. We studied the association between changes in the CPM and TS tests and the clinical improvement of FMS patients who received therapeutic intervention. We systematically searched for FMS randomized clinical trials with data on therapeutic interventions comparing clinical improvement (pain intensity and symptom severity reduction), CPM, and TS changes relative to control interventions. To study the relationship between TS/CPM and clinical measures, we performed a meta-regression analysis to calculate odds ratios. We included nine studies (484 participants). We found no significant changes in TS or CPM by studying all the interventions together. Our findings show that this lack of difference is likely because pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions resulted in contrary effects. Non-pharmacological interventions, such as non-invasive neuromodulation, showed the largest effects normalizing CPM/TS. Meta-regression was significantly associated with pain reduction and symptom severity improvement with normalization of TS and CPM. We demonstrate an association between clinical improvement and TS/CPM normalization in FMS patients. Thus, the TS and CPM tests could be surrogate biomarkers in FMS management. Recovering defective endogenous pain modulation mechanisms by targeted non-pharmacological interventions may help establish long-term clinical recovery in FMS patients.