The influence of rate of temperature change and peak stimulus duration on pain intensity and quality

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 220-229

  Nielsen, Jesper ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Heat pain; Peak stimulus duration; Rare of temperature change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; HEAT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031708481     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229870781     Document Type: Article

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