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. 2016 Jun 27;10:308. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00308
Parameter SEM βa t P
MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL (mV)
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) during CPM/task
No respondera 0.61 0.15 4.09 0.00*
Brazilian Portuguese catastrophizing scale (BP-PCS) 0.007 0.009 0.74 0.46
State-anxiety (STAI-T) −0.01 0.01 −1.50 0.14
INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION (RATIO: ICF/TEST STIMULUS)
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) during CPM/task 0.33 0.07 4.50 0.00*
No respondera
Brazilian Portuguese catastrophizing scale (BP-PCS) 0.004 0.004 0.88 0.38
State-anxiety (STAI-T) 0.004 0.006 0.70 0.48
SHORT INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION (RATIO: SICI/TEST STIMULUS)
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) during CPM/task −0.02 0.03 −0.62 0.54
No responder a
Brazilian Portuguese catastrophizing scale (BP-PCS) −0.01 0.02 −0.34 0.80
State-anxiety (STAI-T) 1.85 0.003 0.007 0.99
CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) during CPM/task 10.82 6.66 1.62 0.11
No respondera
Brazilian Portuguese catastrophizing scale (BP-PCS) −0.19 0.40 −0.47 0.64
State-anxiety (STAI-T) −0.47 0.50 −0.94 0.36
BRAZILIAN PROFILE OF CHRONIC PAIN: SCREEN (B-PCP:S)
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) during CPM/task 7.81 3.13 2.48 0.01*
No respondera
Brazilian Portuguese catastrophizing scale (BP-PCS) 0.80 0.18 4.24 0.00*
State-anxiety (STAI-T) 0.51 0.24 2.17 0.03*
QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING (°C)
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) during CPM/task −3.82 1.41 −2.70 0.01*
No respondera
Brazilian Portuguese catastrophizing scale (BP-PCS) 0.08 0.08 0.99 0.33
State-anxiety (STAI-T) −0.19 0.10 −1.82 0.07
BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF) PG/ML (log)
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) during CPM/task 0.39 0.14 2.66 0.01*
No respondera
Brazilian Portuguese catastrophizing scale (BP-PCS) −0.05 0.09 −0.61 0.54
State-anxiety (STAI-T) −0.01 0.01 −1.47 0.15
a

Reference category is no responder, hence a positive value mean that the mean was higher in no responder.

CPM-task [no responder (NPS (0–10) HPT1–HPT0 ≥ 0) or responder (NPS (0–10) HPT1–HPT0 < 0]

*

P < 0.05.