Psychophysical evidence for a neuropathic component of chronic neck pain

Pain

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 341-347

  Sheather Reid, Rachel B ^a   Cohen, Milton L ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic neck pain; Psychophysics; Secondary hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0031899407     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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