Assessment of pressure-pain thresholds and central sensitization of pain in lateral epicondylalgia

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 297-304

  Jespersen, Anders ^a   Amris, Kirstine ^a   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Bartels, Else Marie ^a   Torp Pedersen, Søren ^a   Bliddal, Henning ^a   Danneskiold Samsoe, Bente ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central Sensitization; Cuff Algometry; Epicondylitis; Hyperalgesia; Hypersensitivity; Spatial Summation; Spreading Sensitization; Temporal Summation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LEG; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; TENNIS ELBOW; TOURNIQUET; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84874541282     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12021     Document Type: Article

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