Local decrease of pressure pain threshold in nummular headache

Headache

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1195-1198

  Fernández de las Peñas, César ^a   Cuadrado, María Luz ^a   Barriga, Francisco J ^a   Pareja, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mechanical stimulation; Nummular headache; Pressure pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NUMMULAR HEADACHE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE;

EID: 33745588549     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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