Reduced response to the thermal grill illusion in chronic pain patients

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 647-660

  Sumracki, Nicole M ^a   Buisman Pijlman, Femke T A ^a   Hutchinson, Mark R ^a   Gentgall, Melanie ^a   Rolan, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cold pain thresholds; Heat pain thresholds; Pain model; Thermal grill illusion

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CELECOXIB; CITALOPRAM; COCODAMOL; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL; VENLAFAXINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL GRILL ILLUSION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLD; ILLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC PAIN; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84898028187     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12379     Document Type: Article

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