The role of central hypersensitivity in the determination of intradiscal mechanical hyperalgesia in discogenic pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 701-708

  Schliessbach, Juerg ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Heini, Paul ^b   Curatolo, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central Hypersensitivity; Discogenic Low Back Pain; Pressure Algometry; Pressure Pain Thresholds; Provocation Discography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISEASE DURATION; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROVOCATION TEST; STIMULUS RESPONSE; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE;

EID: 77953712490     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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