Is pain in patellofemoral pain syndrome neuropathic?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-394

  Jensen, Roar ^a,b   Kvale, Alice ^a   Baerheim, Anders ^b  

^a Physiotherapy Science   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Central pain; Knee pain; Neuropathic pain; Patellofemoral pain syndrome; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOUCH; VIBRATION; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; NEURALGIA; NOMENCLATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURALGIA; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 46749145390     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181658170     Document Type: Article

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