Time-dependent changes in bladder function and plantar sensitivity in a rat model of fibromyalgia syndrome induced by hydrochloric acid injection into the gluteus.

Abstract

HCl injection (pH 4.0) into the gluteus can induce plantar hypersensitivity and urinary frequency for up to 2 weeks after the injection, suggesting that somatic (gluteus)-to-visceral (bladder) cross-sensitization might underlie bladder hypersensitivity in patients with FMS. Moreover, intervention at specific tender points outside the bladder could be effective in treating urinary frequency because lidocaine injection into the gluteus normalized bladder function in FMS rats for up to 2 weeks.

Full Text

DOI - BJU international (DOI)
Swets Information Services - full-text online
Ovid Technologies, Inc. - full-text online
OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center - full-text online
EBSCO - full-text online
Blackwell Publishing - full-text online

Subjects

Authors

Publication date

2012-01-03

Journal

BJU international
BJU Int (1464-410X)

Journal topics

Language

Eng.

Copyright

BJU international

Department of Urology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. a-furuta [at] rf7.so-net.ne.jp

Release reference

BJU Int. 2012 Jan;109(2):306-10