Pressure pain sensitivity topographical maps reveal bilateral hyperalgesia of the hands in patients with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1055-1064

  Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a,b   Madeleine, Pascal ^b   Martínez Perez, Almudena ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Jiménez García, Rodrigo ^a   Pareja, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DISEASE DURATION; DISTAL PHALANX; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHALANX; SYMPTOM; THENAR;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE;

EID: 77955291379     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20189     Document Type: Article

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