Clinical findings in men with chronic pain after falanga torture

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-141

  Prip, Karen ^a,b   Persson, Ann L ^a  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Falanga; Feet; Sensory function; Torture; Trauma; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSESTHESIA; FALANGA TORTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TORTURE; VICTIM; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSATION DISORDERS; TIME; TORTURE;

EID: 38549135452     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31815aac36     Document Type: Article

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