Basic aspects of musculoskeletal pain: From acute to chronic pain

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 186-193

  Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Fernández de las Peñas, César ^b   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Experimental pain; Hyperalgesia; Joint; Muscle; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL; BRADYKININ; CAPSAICIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ALGOMETRY; ALLODYNIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE METASTASIS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEADACHE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERRED PAIN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TENDON; TENNIS ELBOW; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRIGGER POINT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 80055044361     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: 20426186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/106698111X13129729551903     Document Type: Article

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