Quantitative sensory testing using DFNS protocol in Europe: An evaluation of heterogeneity across multiple centers in patients with peripheral neuropathic pain and healthy subjects

Pain

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 750-758

  Vollert, Jan ^a,b   Attal, Nadine ^c,d   Baron, Ralf ^e   Freynhagen, Rainer ^f,g   Haanpää, Maija ^h,i   Hansson, Per ^j,k   Jensen, Troels S ^l   Rice, Andrew S C ^m   Segerdahl, Märta ^k,n   Serra, Jordi ^o   Sindrup, Soeren H ^p   Tölle, Thomas R ^g   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^b   Maier, Christoph ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f Benedictus Krankenhaus Tutzing   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁱ Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company   (Finland)

^j OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^l AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^o Neuroscience Technologies   (Spain)

^p ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain; Heterogeneity; Neuropathic pain; Peripheral nerve injury; Polyneuropathy; Quality assurance; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMAN RESEARCH NETWORK ON NEUROPATHIC PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL HYPERALGESIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; REFERENCE DATABASE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962045243     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000433     Document Type: Article

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