Pain and hyperalgesia in osteoarthritis of the hands

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 441-447

  Farrell, Michael ^a,b   Gibson, Stephen ^a   McMeeken, Joan ^a   Helme, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERALGESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN;

EID: 0033954513     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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