Algometer reliability in measuring pain pressure threshold over normal spinal muscles to allow quantification of anti-nociceptive treatment effects

International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Potter, Louise ^a   McCarthy, Christopher ^b   Oldham, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algometry; Pain pressure threshold; Reliability; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIOCOSTALIS MUSCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PRESSURE THRESHOLD; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 33846038286     PISSN: 17460689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijosm.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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