Reliability of the Conditioned Pain Modulation Paradigm to Assess Endogenous Inhibitory Pain Pathways

BACKGROUND: Conditioned pain modulation paradigms are often used to assess the diffuse noxious inhibitory control (DNIC) system. DNICs provide one of the main supraspinal pain inhibitory pathways and are impaired in several chronic pain populations. Only one previous study has examined the psychomet...

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Main Authors: Gwyn N Lewis, Heales Luke, David A Rice, Keith Rome, Peter J McNair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/610561
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