Psychophysical measures of sensitization to tonic heat discriminate chronic pain patients

Pain

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 35-43

  Kleinböhl, Dieter ^a   Hölzl, Rupert ^a   Möltner, Andreas ^a   Rommel, Claudia ^b   Weber, Carla ^b   Osswald, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b Urologische Klinik   (Germany)

^c Inst Anasthesiologie Oper I   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Psychophysics; Sensitization; Tonic heat pain model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEAT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MYALGIA; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0345711481     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00266-8     Document Type: Article

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