Psychophysical examination in patients with post-mastectomy pain

Pain

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-284

  Gottrup, Hanne ^a,b   Andersen, Jørn ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^c   Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Flux; Post mastectomy pain; Temporal summation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE INJURY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENSITIZATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034253650     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00291-8     Document Type: Article

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