Exploration of the Extent of Somato-Sensory Impairment in Patients with Unilateral Lateral Epicondylalgia

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1179-1185

  Fernández Carnero, Josué ^a,c   Fernández de las Peñas, César ^a,c   Sterling, Michel ^b   Souvlis, Tina ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^c   Vicenzino, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

hyperalgesia; Lateral epicondylalgia; quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LATERAL EPICONDYLALGIA; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARAMETER; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; STIMULATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ELBOW; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION; WRIST;

EID: 70350752573     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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