Psychophysical and electrophysiological evidence for nociceptive dysfunction in complex regional pain syndrome

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2521-2528

  Caty, Gilles ^a   Hu, Li ^b   Legrain, Valéry ^a,c   Plaghki, Léon ^a   Mouraux, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A fibers; CRPS; Laser evoked potentials; Neuropathic pain; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOOT; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HAND; HEAT; LASER; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886304717     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.07.038     Document Type: Article

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