Bilateral Pressure Pain Hypersensitivity over the Hand as Potential Sign of Sensitization Mechanisms in Individuals with Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1585-1592

  Chiarotto, Alessandro ^a,b   Fernandez de las Peñas, Cesar ^c   Castaldo, Matteo ^d   Villafañe, Jorge Hugo ^e  

^a Private practice   (United States)

^b AIFI Piemonte Valle d' Aosta   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d In private practice   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Osteoarthritis; Pressure Pain Threshold; Sensitization; Thumb

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARPOMETACARPAL ARTHROSIS; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMATE BONE; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD; THUMB; TISSUE PRESSURE;

OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSITIZATION; THUMB;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL JOINTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; THUMB; TOUCH;

EID: 84885858558     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12179     Document Type: Article

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