Reliability and validity of the pain threshold measurement with the Dolorímetro Electrónico Portátil® (Portable Electronic Dolorimeter) in healthy individuals and patients with musculoskeletal pain

Pain Clinic

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 377-386

  García Fernández, Esmeralda ^a   Godoy García, Juan F ^a   Jiménez Alonso, Juan ^b   Godoy Izquierdo, Débora ^a   Pérez García, Miguel ^a   López Chicheri, Isabel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algometry; Dolorimeter; Pressure pain threshold; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33846968195     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016911106779498984     Document Type: Article

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