Stress-Induced Allodynia - Evidence of Increased Pain Sensitivity in Healthy Humans and Patients with Chronic Pain after Experimentally Induced Psychosocial Stress

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Crettaz, Benjamin ^a   Marziniak, Martin ^a   Willeke, Peter ^a   Young, Peter ^a   Hellhammer, Dirk ^b   Stumpf, Astrid ^a   Burgmer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TEST; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881364071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069460     Document Type: Article

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