Tactile acuity training for patients with chronic low back pain: A pilot randomised controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ryan, Cormac ^a   Harland, Nicholas ^a,b   Drew, Benjamin T ^b   Martin, Denis ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIARAGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SHAM PROCEDURE; TACTILE ACUITY TRAINING; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84895921695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-59     Document Type: Article

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