Modality-specific facilitation and adaptation to painful tonic stimulation in humans

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 475-484

  Polianskis, Romanas ^a   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cold pressor test; Cuff; Facilitation; Pain; Pressure algometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOURNIQUET; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0036420753     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3801(02)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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