Pain, brain imaging and physiotherapy-Opportunity is knocking

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 475-477

  Moseley, G Lorimer ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC PAIN; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; THALAMUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 54049118924     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.10.001     Document Type: Editorial

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