Heterogeneous sensory processing in persistent postherniotomy pain

Pain

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-242

  Aasvang, Eske Kvanner ^a   Brandsborg, Birgitte ^b   Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^b   Kehlet, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Groin hernia; Persistent postoperative pain; Quantitative sensory testing; Sensory function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT STRESS; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPESTHESIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT POSTHERNIOTOMY PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SKIN PAIN; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77955309247     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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