Sensory characteristics of tender points in the lower back

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-456

  Lewis, Cynan ^a   Souvlis, Tina ^a   Sterling, Michele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digitally tender points; Quantitative sensory testing; Strain Counterstrain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY EVALUATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE;

EID: 77955659503     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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