Reliability of subjective pain ratings and nociceptive flexion reflex responses as measures of conditioned pain modulation

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-96

  Jurth, Carlo ^a   Rehberg, Benno ^b   Von Dincklage, Falk ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conditioned pain modulation; Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls; Nociceptive flexion reflex; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED PAIN MODULATION; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; SUBJECTIVE PAIN; SURAL NERVE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WATER IMMERSION; ADULT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINKING; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HYPERALGESIA; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84898906049     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/698246     Document Type: Article

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