Repetitive painful stimulation produces an expansion of withdrawal reflex receptive fields in humans

Artificial Organs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 224-228

  Spaich, Erika G ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Andersen, Ole K ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pain; Withdrawal reflex

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

HUMAN FOOT; LEG MUSCLES; LOWER LEG; LOWER LIMB; PAIN; RECEPTIVE FIELDS; SITTING POSITIONS; STIMULATION SITES; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SKIN ELECTRODE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FOOT; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFLEX;

EID: 20644440607     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2005.29040.x     Document Type: Article

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