Clinical pressure pain threshold testing in neck pain: Comparing protocols, responsiveness, and association with psychological variables

Physical Therapy

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 827-837

  Walton, David M ^a   Levesque, Lenerdene ^a   Payne, Martin ^a   Schick, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901806908     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130369     Document Type: Article

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