Quantification of deep and superficial sensibility in saline-induced muscle pain - A psychophysical study

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-53

  Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a   Fenger Grøn, Linda Slot ^b   Svensson, Peter ^a,c   Steengaard Pedersen, Kristian ^d   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Danish Pain Research Center   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Intramuscular electrical stimulation; Pressure stimulation; Saline induced muscle pain; Sensibility

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0031920403     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229870943     Document Type: Article

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