The effect of age on Aδ- and C-fibre thermal pain perception

Pain

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-152

  Chakour, M C ^a   Gibson, S J ^a   Bradbeer, M ^a   Helme, R D ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

A fibre block; Ageing; CO2 laser; Epicritic pain; Pain threshold; Protopathic pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0029671403     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(95)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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