Sensory correlates of pain in peripheral neuropathies

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1048-1058

  Ng Wing Tin, Sophie ^a,c   Ciampi de Andrade, Daniel ^b,d   Goujon, Colette ^a,e   Planté Bordeneuve, Violaine ^f   Créange, Alain ^a,f   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a,b  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^b Explor Fonctionnelle Cardiologique   (France)

^c HÔpital Avicenne   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Service de Neurochirurgie   (France)

^f Neurologie   (France)

Author keywords

Nerve excitability; Neuropathic pain; Pain Questionnaire; Peripheral pain; Quantitative sensory testing; Small fiber neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETECTION THRESHOLD FOR COLD; DETECTION THRESHOLD FOR WARM; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERALGESIA FOR COLD; HYPERALGESIA FOR HOT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN THRESHOLD FOR COLD; PAIN THRESHOLD FOR HOT; PARADOXICAL HEAT SENSATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; THERMAL SENSORY LIMEN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FOOT; FOOT PAIN; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TEST; SENSORY NERVE; VIBRATION;

NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PERIPHERAL PAIN; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84897491549     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.09.038     Document Type: Article

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