Ultrasound guided, painful electrical stimulation of lumbar facet joint structures: An experimental model of acute low back pain

Pain

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-83

  O'Neill, Søren ^a,b,c   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a   Manniche, Claus ^b,c   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a Center for Sensorymotor Interaction   (Denmark)

^b Hospital of Funen   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Central sensitization; Experimental pain; Facet joint; Generalized hyperalgesia; Quantitative sensory measures; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERRED PAIN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 67349246791     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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