Somatosensory assessment in chronic pain: progress and potential

Pain Manag. 2016 Apr;6(2):125-8. doi: 10.2217/pmt.15.55. Epub 2016 Feb 29.

Authors

Niamh Moloney¹, Paul Wrigley^{2

3}, Julia Hush¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, 75 Talavera Road, NSW 2113, Australia.
² Sydney Medical School - Northern, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
³ Pain Management Research Institute, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.

PMID: 26922841
DOI: 10.2217/pmt.15.55

No abstract available

Keywords: assessment; chronic pain; pain; quantitative sensory testing; somatosensory; somatosensory phenotypes.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Chronic Pain / diagnosis*
Chronic Pain / physiopathology
Chronic Pain / psychology
Humans
Neuropsychological Tests
Pain Measurement
Pain Perception / physiology*
Touch Perception / physiology*