Changes in pressure pain threshold in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2098-2107

  Imamura, Marta ^a   Chen, Janini ^a   Matsubayashi, Suely Reiko ^a   Targino, Rosa A ^a   Alfieri, Fábio Marcon ^a   Bueno, Daniel Kamura ^a   Hsing, Wu Tu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

algometer; central sensitization; chronic nonspecifi c low back pain; clinical examination; dermatomes; healthy individuals; hyperalgesia; myotomes; pain pressure threshold; sclerotomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC NONSPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOME; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MYOTOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84888136839     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000435027.50317.d7     Document Type: Article

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