Antenatal women with or without pelvic pain can be characterized by generalized or segmental hypoalgesia in late pregnancy

Journal of Pain

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 451-460

  Bajaj, Priti ^a,b   Bajaj, Prem ^a   Madsen, Hans ^b   Møller, Margrethe ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hypoalgesia; Pain threshold; Pelvic; Pregnancy; Trimester

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; PROVOCATION TEST; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SACRUM; TACTILE STIMULATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0036903143     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jpai.2002.128065     Document Type: Article

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