Gender differences in low and high pain palpation thresholds in the TMJ and neck areas

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-99

  Widmalm, Sven E ^a,b   McKay, Duane C ^c   Radke, John C ^d   Zhang, Yuan ^b   Wang, Xiaorui ^b   Wang, Meiqing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BioResearch Associates Inc ^*

^d International Institute of Systems Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 84876389056     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: 21510903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/crn.2013.016     Document Type: Article

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