Search for dissertations about: "Brush-evoked allodynia"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Brush-evoked allodynia.

2. 1. Dynamic mechanical allodynia in peripheral neuropathic pain : psychological observations

   Author : Monika Samuelsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Dynamic mechanical allodynia; Brush-evoked allodynia; Brush-evoked pain; Neuropathic pain; Pain descriptors; Repeatability; Human pain model; Capsaicin; Psychophysical observations;

   Abstract : Introduction and aim: Pain due to a light moving mechanical stimulus, dynamic mechanical allodynia, is a protruding symptom/sign in subgroups of patients with peripheral neuropathic pain and frequently as troublesome as spontaneous ongoing pain. The objective of this thesis was to survey psychophysical details of dynamic mechanical allodynia using a novel semi-quantitative method. READ MORE

4. 2. On the function endogenous pain controlling systems in healthy subjects and patients with peripheral or central neuropathic pain

   Author : Birgitta Tuveson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Painful peripheral neuropathy; Central post-stroke pain; Dynamic mechanical allodynia; Endogenous pain modulation; Heterotopic noxious conditioning stimulation; Quantitative sensory testing; Ondansetron;

   Abstract : Introduction and aim: Activity in the nociceptive system is modulated by descending inhibitory and facilitatory supraspinal endogenous control. Altered balance between inhibition and facilitation has been suggested to at least partly explain the maintenance of some persistent pain conditions. READ MORE