Search for dissertations about: "Ann-sofie Leffler"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Ann-sofie Leffler.

2. 1. Pain influences somatosensory perception : an experimental and clinical study

   Author : Ann-Sofie Leffler; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Muscle pain; referred pain; hypoaesthesia; allodynia; musculoskeletal; pain; sensory abnormality; quantitative sensory testing; trapezius myalgia; somatosensory perception; perception thresholds; diffuse noxious inhibitory controls DNIC ; central hyperexcitability; tourniquet test; cold-pressor test.;

   Abstract : The underlying mechanisms maintaining long-term pain localised to musculoskeletal structures and joints are not infrequently unknown. In routine clinical work with such patients insufficient attention has been paid to phenomena indicating altered excitability of the central nervous system (CNS). READ MORE