Reduction of pain sensitivity after somatosensory therapy in adults with cerebral palsy

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Riquelme, Inmaculada ^a   Zamorano, Anna ^a   Montoya, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Pain; Sensitivity; Somatosensory processing; Somatosensory therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 84933679025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00276     Document Type: Article

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