Changes in weather affect perception of pain in chronic pain patients. (The impact of the various weather factors on pain perception varies from individual to individual)

Pain Clinic

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-325

  Koyama, Tetsuo ^a   Nakao, Kazuhisa ^a   Takaishi, Jyo ^a   Shibata, Masahiko ^a   Mashimo, Takashi ^a   Yoshiya, Ikuto ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Individual differences; Meteorological influence; Weather sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; WEATHER;

EID: 0030450933     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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