Bilateral hand/wrist heat and cold hyperalgesia, but not hypoesthesia, in unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-463

  De La Llave Rincón, Ana Isabel ^a   Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a,b   Fernández Carnero, Josué ^a   Padua, Luca ^c,d   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Pareja, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Central sensitization; Experimental pain; Thermal detection; Thermal pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPESTHESIA; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WRIST;

EID: 70349240280     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1941-z     Document Type: Article

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