Evidence of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC) elicited by cold noxious stimulation in patients with provoked vestibulodynia

Pain

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 31-39

  Johannesson, Ulrika ^a   de Boussard, Catharina Nygren ^a   Brodda Jansen, Gunilla ^a,b   Bohm Starke, Nina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cold pressor pain; Combined oral contraceptives; DNIC; Endogenous pain modulation; Pressure pain thresholds; Provoked vestibulodynia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36; TENSION HEADACHE; VESTIBULODYNIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VULVODYNIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; COLD; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 34249717903     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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