The long-term impact of tissue injury on pain processing and modulation: A study on ex-prisoners of war who underwent torture

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 548-558

  Defrin, R ^a   Ginzburg, K ^a   Mikulincer, M ^b   Solomon, Z ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIVITY; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TISSUE INJURY; TORTURE SURVIVOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN PERCEPTION; PRISONERS OF WAR; SURVIVORS; TIME; TORTURE;

EID: 84898916572     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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