Topical menthol identifies cold hyperalgesia in individuals with chronic pain from knee osteoarthritis

Chronic pain in knee osteoarthritis may develop as a result of centrally-augmented pain processing. Cold hyperalgesia has been proposed as a key indicator but is problematic to assess. A new topical menthol test was developed. It demonstrated reliability and sensitivity to discriminate between those...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moss, Penny
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1207