Reliability of static and dynamic quantitative sensory testing in patients with painful chronic pancreatitis

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 530-536

  Olesen, Søren S ^a   Van Goor, Harry ^b   Bouwense, Stefan A W ^b   Wilder Smith, Oliver H G ^c,d   Drewes, Asbjørn M ^a,d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Pain and Nociception Neuroscience Research Group   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DERMATOME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYNAMIC QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; STATIC QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 84865743958     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182632c40     Document Type: Article

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