Local subcutaneous and muscle pain impairs detection of passive movements at the human thumb

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3183-3193

  Weerakkody, N S ^a   Blouin, J S ^b   Taylor, J L ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOTOR CONTROL; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THUMB; ADULT; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER JOINT; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN INTENSITY; SKIN PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THUMB;

EID: 47249118851     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.152942     Document Type: Article

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