Interaction between cutaneous and muscle afferent activity in polysynaptic reflex pathways: A human experimental study

Pain

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Andersen, Ole K ^a   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a   Matre, Dagfinn ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Schomburg, Eike D ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Muscle pain; Sensory interaction; Spinal reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKIN NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFLEX; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SKIN; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033992181     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00174-8     Document Type: Article

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