Friction-Induced Pain: From Skin Surface to Brain Activation

The interface friction between prosthetic socket and residual limb tends to cause skin injury and pain. The frictional pain was systematically studied based on skin tribological behaviors and brain activation. The results showed that the skin frictional pain was affected by the combination of fricti...

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Main Authors: Xingxing Fang, Wei Tang, Shousheng Zhang, Yanze Wu, Yifeng Zeng, Yangyang Xia, Ming Zhang
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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Wei Tang
Shousheng Zhang
Yanze Wu
Yifeng Zeng
Yangyang Xia
Ming Zhang
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description The interface friction between prosthetic socket and residual limb tends to cause skin injury and pain. The frictional pain was systematically studied based on skin tribological behaviors and brain activation. The results showed that the skin frictional pain was affected by the combination of friction and mechanical properties of anatomic regions and liner materials. The low elastic modulus and good viscoelasticity of anatomic regions or high adhesion and good compliance of liner materials both can increase the frictional pain threshold and decease the injury. The main brain activation related to frictional pain located in the primary somatosensory cortex (SI), secondary somatosensory cortex (SII), and prefrontal cortex (PFC). The brain negative activation increased and the activation area decreased with the increased pain intensity. The features of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha $ </tex-math></inline-formula> activity, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\beta $ </tex-math></inline-formula> activity, and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha _{\text {peak}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> extracted from EEG signals were effective in the recognition of pain state, but cannot recognize the pain intensities.
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spelling doaj-art-20025076fb6c460c997cd47a39ba61732025-01-28T00:00:09ZengIEEEIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering1534-43201558-02102025-01-013353254110.1109/TNSRE.2025.353229310848202Friction-Induced Pain: From Skin Surface to Brain ActivationXingxing Fang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6390-4678Wei Tang1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0451-1345Shousheng Zhang2https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1723-5508Yanze Wu3Yifeng Zeng4https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8414-4766Yangyang Xia5https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4303-0751Ming Zhang6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3734-446XSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaThe interface friction between prosthetic socket and residual limb tends to cause skin injury and pain. The frictional pain was systematically studied based on skin tribological behaviors and brain activation. The results showed that the skin frictional pain was affected by the combination of friction and mechanical properties of anatomic regions and liner materials. The low elastic modulus and good viscoelasticity of anatomic regions or high adhesion and good compliance of liner materials both can increase the frictional pain threshold and decease the injury. The main brain activation related to frictional pain located in the primary somatosensory cortex (SI), secondary somatosensory cortex (SII), and prefrontal cortex (PFC). The brain negative activation increased and the activation area decreased with the increased pain intensity. The features of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha $ </tex-math></inline-formula> activity, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\beta $ </tex-math></inline-formula> activity, and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha _{\text {peak}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> extracted from EEG signals were effective in the recognition of pain state, but cannot recognize the pain intensities.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10848202/Frictional painbrain activationprosthetic linersfunctional magnetic resonance imagingelectroencephalography
spellingShingle Xingxing Fang
Wei Tang
Shousheng Zhang
Yanze Wu
Yifeng Zeng
Yangyang Xia
Ming Zhang
Friction-Induced Pain: From Skin Surface to Brain Activation
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Frictional pain
brain activation
prosthetic liners
functional magnetic resonance imaging
electroencephalography
title Friction-Induced Pain: From Skin Surface to Brain Activation
title_full Friction-Induced Pain: From Skin Surface to Brain Activation
title_fullStr Friction-Induced Pain: From Skin Surface to Brain Activation
title_full_unstemmed Friction-Induced Pain: From Skin Surface to Brain Activation
title_short Friction-Induced Pain: From Skin Surface to Brain Activation
title_sort friction induced pain from skin surface to brain activation
topic Frictional pain
brain activation
prosthetic liners
functional magnetic resonance imaging
electroencephalography
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10848202/
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