The effect of compression and regional anaesthetic block on referred pain intensity in humans

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 257-263

  Laursen, René J ^a   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a   Jensen, Troels S ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Muscle pain; Nerve block; Psychophysical experiment; Referred pain

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYALGIA; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 0033033962     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00214-0     Document Type: Article

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