Constitutional features of connective tissue as a risk factor of chronic pain in adolescents

Abstract

A total of 504 male adolescents aged 14-18, cadet schools students were examined to identify primary head pain and functional abdominal pain. A 4-stage-blind clinical laboratory and case-control psychological examination, in which are formed two groups: basic - 90 boys with primary head pain and functional abdominal pain, and 93 healthy children (control group). Total number of teens with headaches was 76 (48 isolated headaches and 28 - headaches in conjunction with abdominal pain). The number of cadets with abdominal pain was 42, 14 was manifested monosemeiotic and 28 - in conjunction with headaches. Complex research revealed pathogenetic common primary headaches and functional abdominal pain, to identify risk factors for their development. The analysis of the results of complex examination adolescents univariate statistics significant association features of the connective tissue with the presence of primary headache, especially in combination with functional abdominal pain. Obtained significant differences in many biological, psychological and social characteristics. This fact indicates eligibility review genesis of functional disorders with painful symptoms in adolescents from the perspective of the biopsychosocial model. The present results indicate the importance of the state of the connective tissue as an essential component of the formation of predisposition to chronic pain. Other predictors of pain were advancing sexual development, emotional instability, additional sports classes.