The Effects of TENS, Heat, and Cold on the Pain Thresholds Induced by Mechanical Pressure in Healthy Volunteers

Neuromodulation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-107

  Solomon, Jacob ^a   Shebshacvich, Victor ^a   Adler, Rivka ^a   Vulfsons, Simon ^a   Rosenbach, Alan ^a   Eisenberg, Elon ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affective; Pressure pain; Sensory; Thermal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLD; DERMATOME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL STIMULATION; TIBIA; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142241226     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1403.2003.03016.x     Document Type: Article

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