Computerized cuff pressure algometry: A new method to assess deep-tissue hypersensitivity in fibromyalgia

Pain

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Jespersen, Anders ^a   Dreyer, Lene ^a   Kendall, Sally ^a   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Bliddal, Henning ^a   Danneskiold Samsoe, Bente ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Algometry; Deep tissue; Fibromyalgia; Pain; Pain assessment; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUFF; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; KNEE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; STUDENT T TEST; TOURNIQUET; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALPATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250802859     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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