Quantitative somatosensory testing of subjects with chronic post-traumatic headache: Implications on its mechanisms

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 924-931

  Defrin, Ruth ^a   Gruener, Hila ^a   Schreiber, Shaul ^a   Pick, Chaim G ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Quantitative somatosensory testing (QST); Traumatic head injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CHRONIC POST TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HEAD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MC GILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SOMATOSENSORY TESTING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 77956972962     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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