Injection of hypertonic saline into musculus infraspinatus resulted in referred pain and sensory disturbances in the ipsilateral upper arm

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-82

  Leffler, Ann Sofie ^a   Kosek, Eva ^a   Hansson, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperalgesia; Hypoaesthesia; Muscle pain; Referred pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE SENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOUCH;

EID: 0034110352     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eujp.1999.0160     Document Type: Article

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