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Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-pss-10.1177_09567976211059801 for The Language of Social Touch Is Intuitive and Quantifiable by Sarah McIntyre, Steven C. Hauser, Anikó Kusztor, Rebecca Boehme, Athanasia Moungou, Peder Mortvedt Isager, Lina Homman, Giovanni Novembre, Saad S. Nagi, Ali Israr, Ellen A. Lumpkin, Freddy Abnousi, Gregory J. Gerling and Håkan Olausson in Psychological Science

The appendix to the report on a national child maltreatment study includes sample forms used in interviewing individuals in child protective services, public health departments, school systems, hospitals, hospital social service departments, courts, and police and sheriff's departments. Included in each survey form are sections with questions in flow chart format pertaining to organization, case identification, case management, interagency teams and liaisons, opinions, and observations made by the interviewer. (SB)

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the retention of cubic zirconia crowns with two occlusal convergence preparations and cementation with two resin cements. Materials and methods. 28 dies were divided according to the convergence angles into two main groups. Group (1): 20° (n=14) Group (2): 12° (n=14) Each group was subdivided according to resin cement used into two subgroups. Subgroup A: RelyX Unicem (3M/ESPE, USA) (n=7) Subgroup B: Panavia v5 with clearfil primer plus (Kurary, Japan) (n=7) Two stainless steel master dies were prepared by a milling machine to simulate all ceramic full coverage crown preparation of a maxillary premolar. Each Steel die was machined with height 5.5 mm and two planes occlusal reduction with palatal cusp bevel. The external diameter of the cylinder was 7.5 mm. one die was prepared with 12˚ and the other with 20˚ occlusal convergence angle. Impressions of the main master dies were taken and poured using a non-shrink epoxy resin material. The crowns were cemented. Instron universal testing machine was used to test the retention. The cemented crowns were pulled off along the path of insertion with a crosshead speed of 0.5 mm/minute. The forces required for dislodgment of the crowns were recorded in N. Data were statistically analyzed using one-way ANOVA and many comparisons were made using .Tukey’s test at pResults. Retention of the zirconia crowns was significantly affected by the occlusal convergence and by the type of resin cement. Self-etching resin cement showed a higher significant result in comparison to self-adhesive. Retention values with occlusal convergence 12° was highly significant with both cementsConclusions. The Retention of cubic zirconia ceramics varied significantly depending on the type of resin cement and degree of occlusal convergence of the preparation.

In Sweden, a large family with a point mutation in the nerve growth factor-beta gene has previously been identified. The carriers of this mutation have reduced small-fibre density and selective deficits in deep pain and temperature modalities. The clinical findings in this population are described as hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type V. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type V based on clinical examinations and electrophysiological measurements. Furthermore, the cross-sectional area of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel inlet was measured with ultrasonography. Out of 52 known individuals heterozygous for the nerve growth factor-beta mutation in Sweden, 23 participated in the current study (12 males, 11 females; mean age 55 years; range 25–86 years). All participants answered a health questionnaire and underwent clinical examination followed by median nerve conduction study in a case–control design, and measurement of the nerve cross-sectional area with ultrasonography. The diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome was made based on consensus criteria using patient history and nerve conduction study. The prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in the hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy group was 35% or 52% depending on whether those individuals who had classic symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome but negative nerve conduction studies were included or not. Those who had a high likelihood of carpal tunnel syndrome based on classic/probable patient history with positive nerve conduction study had a significantly larger median nerve cross-sectional area than those who had an unlikely patient history with negative nerve conduction study. The prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome was 10–25 times higher in individuals heterozygous for the nerve growth factor-beta mutation than the general Swedish population. Further studies are needed to better understand the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms., In a unique group of heterozygous carriers of a rare mutation in the nerve growth factor-beta gene, we investigated the prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome and found it to be manifold higher in the carriers than the general Swedish population., Graphical Abstract Graphical Abstract

The nociceptive withdrawal reflex (NWR) is used to probe spinal cord excitability in chronic pain states. Here, we used an automated and unbiased procedure for determining the NWR threshold and compared the reflex thresholds and corresponding pain ratings in a well-characterized cohort of fibromyalgia (n = 29) and matched healthy controls (n = 21). Surface electrical stimuli were delivered to the foot in a stepwise incremental and decremental manner. The surface electromyographic activity was recorded from the ipsilateral tibialis anterior muscle. Fibromyalgia patients reported significantly higher scores for psychological distress and pain-related disability and a significantly lower score for perceived state of health compared to the matched controls. The subjective pain ratings were significantly higher in patients. The NWR thresholds were similar to the controls. In the patients, but not in controls, the NWR thresholds and subjective pain ratings were significantly correlated. Our results showed an increased subjective pain sensitivity in fibromyalgia, but we found no evidence for spinal sensitization based on the reflex measures. Funding agencies: Swedish Research CouncilSwedish Research Council [2018-02470]; County Council of Ostergotland [ALF: LIO-700931, LIO-900631]