Preoperative back pain is associated with diverse manifestations of central neuroplasticity

Pain

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-194

  Wilder Smith, Oliver H G ^a,d   Tassonyi, Edömer ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^c  

^a Nociception Research Group   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Descending noxious inhibitory controls; Neuroplasticity (facilitation, inhibition); Pain (preoperative, back, chronification, complications); Quantitative sensory testing (sensory thresholds, pain thresholds)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0036284809     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(01)00430-4     Document Type: Article

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