Comparison of the cold pressor test and contact thermode-delivered cold stimuli for the assessment of cold pain sensitivity

Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 728-736

  Ruscheweyh, Ruth ^a   Stumpenhorst, Frederike ^a   Knecht, Stefan ^a,b   Marziniak, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Schon Klinik Verwaltung GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold pain; cold pressor test; pain intensity rating; Peltier based thermal testing device; thermode

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COLD SENSITIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATING SCALE; SENSORY STIMULATION; COLD; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955711037     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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