Search for dissertations about: "Central post-stroke pain"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Central post-stroke pain.
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1. Living with Long-Term Pain after a Stroke
Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to classify and describe long-term pain two years after a stroke and to describe the experiences of pain, and the consequences it has on the persons’ lives. The studies were conducted from a multidimensional perspective on pain, combining quantitative and qualitative methods. READ MORE
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2. Neuropathic pain : somatosensory functions related to spontaneous ongoing pain, mechanical allodynia and pain relief
Abstract : Introduction and aim: Patients with neuropathic pain suffer from spontaneous ongoing pain and from abnormal stimulus-evoked pain, e.g., allodynia. READ MORE
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3. On the function endogenous pain controlling systems in healthy subjects and patients with peripheral or central neuropathic pain
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
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4. Neuropathic Pain; Quality of Life, Sensory Assessments and Pharmacological Treatments
Abstract : Neuropathic pain of central and peripheral origin presents a substantial clinical problem as it is often resistant to pharmacological treatment.The health related quality of life of 126 patients with peripheral neuropathic pain was studied, to provide a cross sectional description from this point of view. READ MORE
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5. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of touch, cold and warmth in health, neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia
Abstract : The general aim of the present thesis is to examine tactile and thermal perceptual (dys)function by quantitative and qualitative tests of patients with neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia, and to compare results with those of healthy persons. A specific aim is to provide individual data for diagnostic purposes, specific to touch, cold, and warmth (profiles). READ MORE