Repeatability of cold pain and heat pain thresholds: The application of sensory testing in migraine research

Cephalalgia

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 904-909

  Sand, Trond ^a,b   Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard ^a,c   Hagen, Knut ^a,b   Stovner, Lars Jacob ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cold pain threshold; Headache; Heat pain threshold; Quantitative sensory tests; Reliability; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLD PAIN THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; HAND; HEADACHE; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIGRAINE RESEARCH; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; COLD; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349240741     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102409356023     Document Type: Article

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