Less efficacious conditioned pain modulation and sensory hypersensitivity in chronic whiplash-Associated disorders in Singapore

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 436-442

  Ng, Tze Siong ^a,b,d   Pedler, Ashley ^d   Vicenzino, Bill ^a,c   Sterling, Michele ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

conditioned pain modulation; physical; whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANGE OF MOTION; SINGAPORE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WATER IMMERSION; WHIPLASH INJURY; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NECK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SINGAPORE; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 84898030647     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182a03940     Document Type: Article

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