Central poststroke pain: somatosensory abnormalities and the presence of associated myofascial pain syndrome

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  de Oliveira, Rogério Adas A ^a   de Andrade, Daniel C ^a,b   Machado, André Guelman G ^c   Teixeira, Manoel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; GABAPENTIN; METHADONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CENTRAL POST STROKE PAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; STROKE;

EID: 84865980508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-89     Document Type: Article

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