A comparison of pressure pain detection thresholds in people with chronic low back pain and volunteers without pain

Physical Therapy

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1085-1092

  Giesbrecht, R Jason S ^a,b   Battié, Michele C ^c  

^a Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^b Box 12147 ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 25844518954     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/85.10.1085     Document Type: Article

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