In vivo study of nerve movement and mechanosensitivity of the median nerve in whiplash and non-specific arm pain patients

Pain

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-253

  Greening, Jane ^a   Dilley, Andrew ^a   Lynn, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Mechanosensitivity; Median nerve; Non specific arm pain; Repetitive strain injury; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NECK PAIN; NERVE MEMBRANE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; WHIPLASH INJURY; WRIST;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK PAIN; WHIPLASH INJURIES; WRIST;

EID: 19444374196     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.02.023     Document Type: Article

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