Increased pain sensitivity is not associated with electrodiagnostic findings in women with carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 747-754

  De La Llave Rincón, Ana Isabel ^a,b   Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a,b,c   Laguarta Val, Sofia ^a,b   Alonso Blanco, Cristina ^b   Martínez Perez, Almudena ^b,d   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^c   Pareja, Juan A ^b,d  

^a Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; electrodiagnostic findings; pressure thresholds; sensitization; thermal thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 80053906916     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31821c29d3     Document Type: Article

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