The characteristics of chronic central pain after traumatic brain injury

Pain

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 330-340

  Ofek, Hadas ^a,b   Defrin, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Central pain; Chronic pain; Quantitative somatosensory testing; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL STIMULATION; TOUCH; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 34548478589     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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