Pain-related evoked potentials: A comparative study between electrical stimulation using a concentric planar electrode and laser stimulation using a CO 2 laser

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Lefaucheur, J P ^a,b   Ahdab, R ^a,b   Ayache, S S ^a,b   Lefaucheur Menard I ^b   Rouie, D ^b   Tebbal, D ^b   Neves, D O ^b   Ciampi de Andrade, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

A delta fibres; Conduction velocity; Electrode; Laser; Nociceptive evoked potentials; Reaction time; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, GAS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PAIN; REACTION TIME; SKIN;

EID: 84861464067     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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