Laser heat stimulation of tiny skin areas adds valuable information to quantitative sensory testing in postherpetic neuralgia

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1687-1694

  Franz, Marcel ^a   Spohn, Dorothee ^a   Ritter, Alexander ^a   Rolke, Roman ^b   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a   Weiss, Thomas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic sensitivity; Postherpetic neuralgia; Quantitative sensory testing (QST); Tiny skin laser stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LASER; LASER HEAT STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SKIN PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 84863717121     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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