Muscle pain: Sensory implications and interaction with motor control

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experimental pain; Hyperalgesia; Motor control; Muscle pain; Referred pain; Sensory motor interaction; Temporal summation

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERRED PAIN; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VOLUNTEER;

HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 42449162639     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31815b608f     Document Type: Review

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