Update on the relation between pain and movement: Consequences for clinical practice

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 754-762

  Cote, Julie N ^a   Hoeger Bement, Marie K ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coordination; exercise induced hypoalgesia; musculoskeletal pain; repetitive motion

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTIC ACID; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; POTASSIUM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITABILITY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

EID: 77958449750     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181e0174f     Document Type: Article

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