Pain thresholds in women with chronic pelvic pain

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 253-259

  Giamberardino, Maria A ^a   Tana, Claudio ^a   Costantini, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Pain thresholds; Somatic tissues; Viscera; Women

Indexed keywords

ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; IRRITABLE COLON; MEASUREMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFERRED PAIN; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISCERAL PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; VULVODYNIA;

CHRONIC PAIN; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PELVIC PAIN; VISCERAL PAIN; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 84904040015     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000083     Document Type: Review

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