Quantitative sensory testing with von frey monofilaments in patients with allodynia what are we quantifying?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-466

  Keizer, Doeke ^a,b   Fael, David ^a   Wierda, Jan Mark K H ^a   Van Wijhe, Marten ^a  

^a Haze University of Applied Sciences Groningen   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperalgesia; Pain; QST; Semantic

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VON FREY MONOFILAMENT; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 46749142955     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181673b80     Document Type: Article

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