Laser doppler imaging: Usefulness in chronic pain medicine

Pain Physician

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 491-498

  Grothusen, John R ^a   Schwartzman, Robert J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Laser doppler; Laser doppler imaging; Raynaud's phenomen; Sympathetically maintained pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; KNEE INJURY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MALE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CAPILLARY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; WATER IMMERSION;

CAPILLARIES; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 80052851527     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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