Quantification of acute neck pain following whiplash injury by computer-aided pressure algesimetry

Cephalalgia

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1067-1075

  Stude, Philipp ^a   Nebel, K ^a   Ludecke C ^a   Wiese, H ^a   Diener, H C ^a   Keidel, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Bezirkskrankenhaus Bayreuth   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer aided pressure algesimetry; Neck pain; Pain quantification; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED PRESSURE ALGESIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; SHOULDER; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 9644281647     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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