Reproducibility of electronic von Frey and von Frey monofilaments testing

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-323

  Tena, Beatriz ^a   Escobar, Bibiana ^a   Arguis, M Jose ^a   Cantero, Cristina ^a   Rios, Jose ^b   Gomar, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electronic von Frey; mechanical hyperalgesia; quantitative sensory testing (QST); reproducibility; von Frey monofilaments

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84859639690     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31822f0092     Document Type: Article

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