Warm and cold sensory thresholds in patients with unilateral sciatica: C fibers are more severely affected than A-δ fibers

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-45

  Zwart, J A ^a   Sand, T ^a   Unsgaard, G ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

C and A delta sensory fibers; Inflammation; Low back pain; Sciatica; Thermotest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0031974838     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb00607.x     Document Type: Article

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