Decreased Pain Threshold in Children with Growing Pains

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 610-613

  Hashkes, Philip J ^a   Friedland, Orit ^b   Jaber, Lutfi ^c   Cohen, Herman A ^c   Wolach, Baruch ^b   Uziel, Yosef ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Taibe Petach Tikva Child Hlth Ctr   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Dolorimeter; Fibromyalgia; Growing pains; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECURRENCE;

EID: 1542515157     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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