Prediction of pain sensitivity in healthy volunteers

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 313-326

  Ravn, Pernille ^a   Frederiksen, Rune ^b   Skovsen, Anders P ^c   Christrup, Lona L ^a   Werner, Mads U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experimental pain; Gender differences; Healthy subjects; Prediction; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL VULNERABILITY SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMAL STIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84874670739     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S33925     Document Type: Article

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