Hypoaesthesia occurs with sensory hypersensitivity in chronic whiplash - Further evidence of a neuropathic condition

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-146

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypoaesthesia; Quantitative sensory testing; Sensory hypersensitivity; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 60649107334     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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