Automated single-trial assessment of laser-evoked potentials as an objective functional diagnostic tool for the nociceptive system

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2437-2445

  Hatem, S M ^a,b,c   Hu, L ^d,e   Rage M ^a   Gierasimowicz, A ^c   Plaghki, L ^a   Bouhassira, D ^b,f   Attal, N ^b,f   Iannetti, G D ^d   Mouraux, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Event related potentials (ERPs); Laser evoked potentials (LEPs); Multiple linear regression; Neuropathic pain; Single trial analysis; Syringomyelia; Wavelet denoising

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LASER EVOKED POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYRINGOMYELIA; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 84869087150     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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