Human intramuscular and cutaneous pain: Psychophysical comparisons

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 390-392

  Svensson, Peter ^a   Beydoun, Ahmad ^b,d   Morrow, Thomas J ^b,c,d   Casey, Kenneth L ^b,c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central neural summation; Cutaneous pain; Muscle pain; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0030946015     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005648     Document Type: Article

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