Algometry with a clothes peg compared to an electronic pressure algometer: A randomized cross-sectional study in pain patients

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Egloff, Niklaus ^a   Klingler, Nicole ^a   Von Känel, Roland ^a   Cámara, Rafael ^a   Curatolo, Michele ^a   Wegmann, Barbara ^a   Marti, Elizabeth ^a   Ferrari, Marie Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLOTHES PEG ALGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC PRESSURE ALGOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN DETECTION THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN TOLERANCE THRESHOLD; PROVOCATION TEST; RATING SCALE; STIMULUS; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HOUSEHOLD; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960576690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-174     Document Type: Article

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