Sensory function above lesion level in spinal cord injury patients with and without pain

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-76

  Finnerup, Nanna B ^a   Johannesen, I L ^b   Bach, F W ^a   Jensen, T S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Aarhus Kommunehospital ^*

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Discrimination threshold; Neuropathic pain; Pain inhibition; Pain threshold; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; COLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0344195140     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022031000083843     Document Type: Article

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