Pain, referred sensations, and involuntary muscle movements in brachial plexus injury

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 320-327

  Finnerup, N B ^a   Norrbrink, C ^b   Fuglsang Frederiksen, A ^a   Terkelsen, A J ^a   Hojlund, A P ^c   Jensen, T S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity; Pain; Plexus lesion; Referred sensations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM PAIN; SENSATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSKINESIAS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, REFERRED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951145373     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01248.x     Document Type: Article

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