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Chronic pain relief after receiving affective touch: A single case report

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Affective touch is gentle slow stroking of the skin, which can reduce experimentally induced pain. Our participant, suffering from Parkinson's Disease and chronic pain, received 1 week of non-affective touch and 1 week of affective touch as part of a larger study. Interestingly, after 2 days of receiving affective touch, the participant started to feel less pain. After 7 days, the burning painful sensations fully disappeared. This suggest that affective touch may reduce chronic pain in clinical populations.

Source: Journal of Neuropsychology

DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12321

Authors: Larissa L. Meijer, Carla Ruis, Maarten J. van der Smagt, H. Chris Dijkerman

Institutions: Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht

Language: English

Topic: Tactile and Sensory Interactions

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,400