Reproducibility indices applied to cervical pressure pain threshold measurements in healthy subjects

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 341-347

  Prushansky, Tamara ^a   Dvir, Zeevi ^a   Defrin Assa, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pressure algometry; Protocol; Reproducibility; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PRESSURE PAIN; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4243134908     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200409000-00009     Document Type: Article

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