The role of quantitative sensory testing in the evaluation of musculoskeletal pain conditions

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 455-461

  Pavlaković, Goran ^a   Petzke, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Epicondylalgia; Evaluation; Fibromyalgia; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal pain; Osteoarthritis; QST; Quantitative sensory testing; Rheumatoid arthritis; Temporomandibular disorder

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPICONDYLITIS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE SENOSRY TESTING; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIZATION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 77958091915     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-010-0131-0     Document Type: Review

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