Quantitative sensory testing in patients with postthoracotomy pain syndrome: Part 2: Variability in thermal threshold assessments

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 784-790

  Wildgaard, Kim ^a   Ringsted, Thomas K ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Werner, Mads U ^b  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

postthoracotomy pain syndrome; quantitative sensory testing; repeated measurements; thermal thresholds; variability

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84881541512     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318277b6ea     Document Type: Article

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