Hypoalgesia to pressure pain in referred pain areas triggered by spatial summation of experimental muscle pain from unilateral or bilateral trapezius muscles

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 531-537

  Ge, Hong You ^a   Madeleine, Pascal ^a   Wang, Kelun ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Descending inhibition; Hyperalgesia; Hypoalgesia; Referred muscle pain; Spatial summation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NECK MUSCLE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0142240086     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3801(03)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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