Tactile, thermal and pain sensibility in burned patients with and without chronic pain and paresthesia problems

Pain

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-251

  Malenfant, Annie ^a,b   Forget, Robert ^b   Amsel, Rhonda ^d   Papillon, Jacques ^a,c   Frigon, Jean Yves ^b   Choinière, Manon ^a,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burns; Cutaneous sensibility; Pain; Paresthesia; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BURN; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0032169270     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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