Quantification of local and referred muscle pain in humans after sequential i.m. Injections of hypertonic saline

Pain

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 111-117

  Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Svensson, Peter ^b   Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central summation; Experimental muscle pain; Hyperexcitability; Hypertonic saline; Referred pain; Sequential noxious muscle stimuli

Indexed keywords

HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 0031049820     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(96)03243-5     Document Type: Article

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