A tonic heat test stimulus yields a larger and more reliable conditioned pain modulation effect compared to a phasic heat test stimulus

Abstract. Introduction:. The interest in conditioned pain modulation (CPM) as a clinical tool for measuring endogenously induced analgesia is increasing. There is, however, large variation in the CPM methodology, hindering comparison of results across studies. Research comparing different CPM protoc...

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Main Authors: Marie Udnesseter Lie, Dagfinn Matre, Per Hansson, Audun Stubhaug, John-Anker Zwart, Kristian Bernhard Nilsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-12-01
Series:PAIN Reports
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000626