Future perspectives: pathogenesis of chronic muscle pain

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 581-596

  Staud, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pain; fibromyalgia; nociception

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; NORADRENALIN; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JAW DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE TONE; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; TRIGGER POINT; VASOSPASM;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 34250811476     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2007.02.013     Document Type: Review

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