Skin thermal pain modeling-A holistic method

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 223-237

  Xu, F ^a   Lu, T J ^b   Seffen, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Holistic model; Modulation; Perception; Skin tissue; Thermal pain; Thermomechanical model; Transduction; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GATE CONTROL THEORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SKIN PAIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 42049108833     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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