RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pain: Its Physiology and Rationale for Management
JF Physical Therapy
JO Phys Ther
FD American Physical Therapy Association
SP 24
OP 37
VO 60
IS 1
A1 Bishop, Beverly
YR 1980
UL http://jcore-reference.highwire.org/content/60/1/24.abstract
AB Part III of this review describes the impact that acupuncture, our drug culture, and the gate-control theory have had on our progress in elucidating pain mechanisms and in treating pain syndromes. Whether an analgesia is produced by morphine, acupuncture, or electrical stimulation of an appropriate brain region, the analgesia can be blocked by naloxone, a morphine antagonist. This observation, among others, suggests that similar effector mechanisms involving endogenous opiates serve all three types of analgesia. Although the gate-control theory must continually be revised to accord with new information, it has been a major impetus for stimulating fruitful research.