Comparison of cooling and EMLA to reduce the burning pain during capsaicin 8% patch application: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2729-2736

  Knolle, Erich ^a   Zadrazil, Markus ^a   Kovacs, Gabor Geza ^b   Medwed, Stephanie ^a   Scharbert, Gisela ^a   Schemper, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Cooling; EMLA; Epidermal nerve fiber density; Topical; TRPV1

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; EMLA; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THIGH;

CAPSAICIN; COOLING; EMLA; EPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER DENSITY; TOPICAL; TRPV1;

ADULT; CAPSAICIN; CRYOTHERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; OINTMENTS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRILOCAINE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889082710     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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