Comparison of Clinical and Evoked Pain Measures in Fibromyalgia

Journal of Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 521-527

  Harris, Richard E ^a   Gracely, Richard H ^a   McLean, Samuel A ^a   Williams, David A ^a   Giesecke, Thorsten ^b   Petzke, Frank ^b   Sen, Ananda ^c   Clauw, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

dolorimeter; fibromyalgia; MRS; Pain; tender point

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; STATISTICS;

EID: 33745256798     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.01.455     Document Type: Article

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