A survey of normal reference ranges of tenderness threshold in healthy undergraduates

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 448-451

  Duan, Guang You ^a   Zhang, Xian Wei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Pain measurement; Pain threshold; Reference values; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN TOLERANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867884337     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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