Pain and pain tolerance in whiplash-associated disorders: A population-based study

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 949-958

  Myrtveit, S M ^a,b   Skogen, J C ^b,c   Sivertsen, B ^b,d,e   Steingrimsdottir O A ^b   Stubhaug, A ^f   Nielsen, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Uni Research   (Norway)

^e Helse Fonna HF ^*  (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIMENTAL PAIN; FEMALE; GENITAL PAIN; HAND PAIN; HIP PAIN; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PAIN FREQUENCY; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN PARAMETERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX PAIN; WHIPLASH ASSOCIATED DISORDER; WHIPLASH INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84947982893     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejp.819     Document Type: Article

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