Changes to somatosensory detection and pain thresholds following high frequency repetitive TMS of the motor cortex in individuals suffering from chronic pain

Pain

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 187-192

  Johnson, Sama ^a   Summers, Jeff ^a   Pridmore, Saxby ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Motor cortex; Pain thresholds; Repetitive TMS; Somatosensory detection thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; BACK INJURIES; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744550770     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.02.030     Document Type: Article

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