An increased response to experimental muscle pain is related to psychological status in women with chronic non-traumatic neck-shoulder pain

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sjörs, Anna ^a,b   Larsson, Britt ^a,c   Persson, Ann L ^d   Gerdle, Björn ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Stress Medicine   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

centralization; hypersensitivity; muscle; pain; pain drawing; pain intensity; pressure pain thresholds; Quantitative sensory testing; questionnaire; trapezius myalgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC NECK SHOULDER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERRED PAIN; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MYALGIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 80053899077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-230     Document Type: Article

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