Somatosensory findings in patients with spinal cord injury and central dysaesthesia pain

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-415

  Eide, Per Kristian ^a,b   Jørum, Ellen ^a   Stenehjem, Aud E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central pain; Somatosensory testing; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; DENERVATION; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TACTILE STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0029935366     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.4.411     Document Type: Article

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