Reflex receptive fields are enlarged in patients with musculoskeletal low back and neck pain

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1318-1324

  Biurrun Manresa, José A ^a   Neziri, Alban Y ^b,c   Curatolo, Michele ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Andersen, Ole K ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central hyperexcitability; Low back pain; Neck pain; Nociceptive withdrawal reflex; Pain hypersensitivity; Reflex receptive field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INNERVATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE WITHDRAWAL REFLEX; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFLEX RECEPTIVE FIELD; SURAL NERVE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 84879782532     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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