Conditioned Pain Modulation and Pressure Pain Sensitivity in the Adult Danish General Population: The DanFunD Study

Journal of Pain

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 274-284

  Skovbjerg, Sine ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b,c   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^c   Ebstrup, Jeanette F ^a   Carstensen, Tina ^d   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^c  

^a Unit for Psychotherapy Education and Research   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cold pressor test; Conditioned pain modulation; epidemiology; general population; pressure pain thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; CONDITIONING; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009349562     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.10.022     Document Type: Article

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