Central sensitization and pain hypersensitivity: Some critical considerations.

Since its discovery, central sensitization has gained enormous popularity. It is widely used to explain pain hypersensitivity in a wide range of clinical pain conditions. However, at present there is no general consensus on the definition of central sensitization. Moreover, the use of the term centr...

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Autor principal: van den Broeke, Emanuel N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2018
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Opinion Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6206600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416715
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.15956.2
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description Since its discovery, central sensitization has gained enormous popularity. It is widely used to explain pain hypersensitivity in a wide range of clinical pain conditions. However, at present there is no general consensus on the definition of central sensitization. Moreover, the use of the term central sensitization in the clinical domain has been criticized. The aim of this paper is to foster the discussion on the definition of central sensitization and its use.
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spelling pubmed-62066002018-11-09 Central sensitization and pain hypersensitivity: Some critical considerations. van den Broeke, Emanuel N. F1000Res Opinion Article Since its discovery, central sensitization has gained enormous popularity. It is widely used to explain pain hypersensitivity in a wide range of clinical pain conditions. However, at present there is no general consensus on the definition of central sensitization. Moreover, the use of the term central sensitization in the clinical domain has been criticized. The aim of this paper is to foster the discussion on the definition of central sensitization and its use. F1000 Research Limited 2018-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6206600/ /pubmed/30416715 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.15956.2 Text en Copyright: © 2018 van den Broeke EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Central sensitization and pain hypersensitivity: Some critical considerations.
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title_full_unstemmed Central sensitization and pain hypersensitivity: Some critical considerations.
title_short Central sensitization and pain hypersensitivity: Some critical considerations.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6206600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416715
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