Sensory detection and pain thresholds in spinal cord injury patients with and without dysesthetic pain, and in chronic low back pain patients

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-37

  Cohen, Michael J ^a,b,c   Song, Zhen Kai ^a,b   Schandler, Steven L ^a,d   Ho, Wun Hong ^c   Vulpe, Michael ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Pain; Spinal cord injury; Threshold; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NECK; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRUNK;

EID: 0030015277     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990229609028909     Document Type: Article

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