Pain in multiple sclerosis: A clinical and instrumental approach

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 506-513

  Grasso, Maria Grazia ^a   Clemenzi, A ^a,b   Tonini, A ^a   Pace, L ^a   Casillo, P ^a   Cuccaro, A ^a   Pompa, A ^a   Troisi, E ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 46749131242     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458507085553     Document Type: Article

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