Visual distortion of a limb modulates the pain and swelling evoked by movement

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Moseley, G Lorimer ^a,b   Parsons, Timothy J ^a   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; VISION;

BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 56349124237     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.031     Document Type: Letter

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