Side-to-side differences in pressure pain thresholds and pericranial muscle tenderness in strictly unilateral migraine

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-168

  Fernandez De Las Penas C ^a   Cuadrado, M L ^a   Arendt Nielsen, L ^b   Pareja, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Migraine; Muscle tenderness; Pressure pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; MIGRAINE; NECK MUSCLE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKULL;

EID: 38349109658     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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