Central Sensitivity Syndromes: An Overview

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-408

  Yunus, Muhammad B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Central sensitivity syndromes; Central sensitization; Fibromyalgia syndrome; Functional syndromes; Overlapping syndromes

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL SENSITIVITY SYNDROME; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE URETHRAL SYNDROME; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; IRRITABLE COLON; JAW DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REGIONAL SOFT TISSUE PAIN SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; TENSION HEADACHE; TRIGGER POINT; URETHRA DISEASE;

EID: 71049139825     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: 15407012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10582450903284752     Document Type: Review

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