Muscular sensibility assessed by electrical stimulation and mechanical pressure

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 33-44

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

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrical and pressure pain thresholds; Muscular sensibility; Stimulus response function

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0032407629     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v06n04_04     Document Type: Article

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