Pressure-pain threshold algometric measurement in patients with greater trochanteric pain after total hip arthroplasty

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-236

  Sayed Noor, Arkan S ^a   Englund, Erling ^a   Wretenberg, Per ^b,c   Sjödén, Göran O ^a,d  

^a SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deep pain sensitivity; Pressure algometer; Pressure pain threshold; VAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGOMETER; ALGOMETRY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC PRESSURE ALGOMETER; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GREATER TROCHANTERIC PAIN SYNDROME; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE PAIN; PRESSURE SENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43149114460     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181602159     Document Type: Article

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