Hypoesthesia occurs in acute whiplash irrespective of pain and disability levels and the presence of sensory hypersensitivity

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 759-766

  Chien, Andy ^a,d   Eliav, Eli ^b   Sterling, Michele ^a,c  

^a Division of Physiotherapy   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute whiplash; Quantitative sensory testing; Sensory hypersensitivity; Sensory hypoesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPESTHESIA; INNERVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NECK PAIN; NERVE ROOT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIBRATION; WHIPLASH INJURY; ACUTE DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 56049122170     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181773b95     Document Type: Article

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