Towards a mechanism-based view on post-stroke shoulder pain: Theoretical considerations and clinical implications

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-165

  Roosink, Meyke ^a   Renzenbrink, Gerbert J ^b   Geurts, Alexander C H ^c   Ijzerman, Maarten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

pain mechanisms; shoulder pain; somatosensory function; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; COGNITION; HUMAN; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POST STROKE SHOULDER PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINE; STROKE; THALAMUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE;

EID: 84859313154     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2012-0739     Document Type: Review

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