Hypoalgesia in the referred pain areas after bilateral injections of hypertonic saline into the trapezius muscles of men and women: A potential experimental model of gender-specific differences

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-44

  Ge, Hong You ^a   Madeleine, Pascal ^a   Cairns, Brian E ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending inhibition; Gender differences; Hyperalgesia; Referred pain

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; HYPESTHESIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644895457     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000149799.01123.38     Document Type: Article

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