Pressure Pain Threshold in Children With Recurrent Abdominal Pain

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Authors

Marco Antônio Húngaro Duarte · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Ernesto Goulart · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Francisco José Penna · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Abstract

There was an association between recurrent abdominal pain and a lower pressure pain threshold, with no influence of the type of disease, and there was a central nervous system alteration in the perception of pain in these patients.

Topics & Keywords

Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Exercise and Physiological Responses Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volume 31, Issue 3, pp. 280-285

DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200009000-00015

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