Effects of age on temporal summation and habituation of thermal pain: Clinical relevance in healthy older and younger adults

Journal of Pain

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 307-317

  Edwards, Robert R ^a,b   Fillingim, Roger B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Pain; Psychophysics; Temporal summation; Thermal; Windup

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0035670804     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jpai.2001.25525     Document Type: Article

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