Moving in an environment of induced sensorimotor incongruence does not influence pain sensitivity in healthy volunteers: A randomised within-subject experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Wand, Benedict Martin ^a   Szpak, Lareina ^b   George, Pamela J ^a   Bulsara, Max K ^a   O'Connell, Neil Edward ^c   Moseley, G Lorimer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b Floreat Physiotherapy   (Australia)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INCONGRUENCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; ADOLESCENT; ARM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONIC PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION SICKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION SICKNESS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84899422471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093701     Document Type: Article

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