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List of works by Kathleen Anne Sluka

A Comparison of the Effects of Burst and Tonic Spinal Cord Stimulation on Hyperalgesia and Physical Activity in an Animal Model of Neuropathic Pain

scientific article published on 8 February 2016

A Mechanism-Based Approach to Physical Therapist Management of Pain.

scientific article published in May 2018

A new electrochemical HPLC method for analysis of enkephalins and endomorphins

scientific article published on 26 July 2005

A new transient sham TENS device allows for investigator blinding while delivering a true placebo treatment

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A pain research agenda for the 21st century.

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ASIC1 and ASIC3 play different roles in the development of Hyperalgesia after inflammatory muscle injury

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ASIC3 Is Required for Development of Fatigue-Induced Hyperalgesia

scientific article published on 11 January 2015

ASIC3 in muscle mediates mechanical, but not heat, hyperalgesia associated with muscle inflammation

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ASICs Do Not Play a Role in Maintaining Hyperalgesia Induced by Repeated Intramuscular Acid Injections

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

ASICs Mediate Pain and Inflammation in Musculoskeletal Diseases

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Acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, reverses inflammation-induced thermal hyperalgesia in rats

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Acid Sensing Ion Channel 1a (ASIC1a) Mediates Activity-induced Pain by Modulation of Heteromeric ASIC Channel Kinetics.

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Acid-sensing ion channel 3 decreases phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases and induces synoviocyte cell death by increasing intracellular calcium

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Acid-sensing ion channel 3 deficiency increases inflammation but decreases pain behavior in murine arthritis

scientific article published on May 2013

Acid-sensing ion channel 3 expressed in type B synoviocytes and chondrocytes modulates hyaluronan expression and release.

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Acid-sensing ion channel 3 expression in mouse knee joint afferents and effects of carrageenan-induced arthritis

scientific article published on 29 January 2009

Acidic buffer induced muscle pain evokes referred pain and mechanical hyperalgesia in humans

scientific article published on 02 October 2008

Activation of NMDA receptors in the brainstem, rostral ventromedial medulla, and nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis mediates mechanical hyperalgesia produced by repeated intramuscular injections of acidic saline in rats

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Activation of protein kinase C in the spinal cord produces mechanical hyperalgesia by activating glutamate receptors, but does not mediate chronic muscle-induced hyperalgesia

scientific article published on 3 April 2006

Activation of the cAMP transduction cascade contributes to the mechanical hyperalgesia and allodynia induced by intradermal injection of capsaicin ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

Addressing the gaps: sex differences in osteoarthritis of the knee

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

Adjusting Pulse Amplitude During Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Application Produces Greater Hypoalgesia

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

An experimental arthritis in rats: dorsal horn aspartate and glutamate increases

scientific article published on October 12, 1992

An interprofessional consensus of core competencies for prelicensure education in pain management: curriculum application for physical therapy

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An investigation of the development of analgesic tolerance to TENS in humans.

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An investigation of the hypoalgesic effects of TENS delivered by a glove electrode.

scientific article published on 23 April 2009

An overview of animal models of pain: disease models and outcome measures

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Anatomical and physiological factors contributing to chronic muscle pain

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Animal models of fibromyalgia

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Assessment of avoidance behaviors in mouse models of muscle pain.

scientific article published on 07 June 2013

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scientific article published in September 2018

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Blockade of NMDA receptors prevents analgesic tolerance to repeated transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in rats

scientific article published on 3 December 2007

Blockade of calcium channels can prevent the onset of secondary hyperalgesia and allodynia induced by intradermal injection of capsaicin in rats ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Blockade of opioid receptors in the medullary reticularis nucleus dorsalis, but not the rostral ventromedial medulla, prevents analgesia produced by diffuse noxious inhibitory control in rats with muscle inflammation

scientific article published on 17 February 2011

Capsaicin-induced sensitization of primate spinothalamic tract cells is prevented by a protein kinase C inhibitor ⬇️

scientific article published on October 24, 1997

Centering on Central Mechanisms in the Development and Maintenance of Chronic Widespread Muscle Pain

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Central mechanisms in the maintenance of chronic widespread noninflammatory muscle pain

scientific article published on October 2008

Central sensitization and changes in conditioned pain modulation in people with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a case-control study

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Changes in expression of NMDA-NR1 receptor subunits in the rostral ventromedial medulla modulate pain behaviors

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Characterization of a method for measuring primary hyperalgesia of deep somatic tissue

scientific article published in January 2005

Cholecystokinin receptors mediate tolerance to the analgesic effect of TENS in arthritic rats

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Chronic hyperalgesia induced by repeated acid injections in muscle is abolished by the loss of ASIC3, but not ASIC1.

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Chronic muscle pain induced by repeated acid Injection is reversed by spinally administered mu- and delta-, but not kappa-, opioid receptor agonists

scientific article published on September 2002

Chronic non-inflammatory muscle pain: central and peripheral mediators

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Co-localization of p-CREB and p-NR1 in spinothalamic neurons in a chronic muscle pain model

scientific article published on 12 March 2007

Comparison of microdialysis and push-pull perfusion for retrieval of serotonin and norepinephrine in the spinal cord dorsal horn.

scientific article published on June 2003

Cortex glial cells activation, associated with lowered mechanical thresholds and motor dysfunction, persists into adulthood after neonatal pain

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Deep tissue afferents, but not cutaneous afferents, mediate transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation-Induced antihyperalgesia

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Descending facilitatory pathways from the RVM initiate and maintain bilateral hyperalgesia after muscle insult

scientific article published on 30 August 2007

Development of a method to maximize the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation intensity in women with fibromyalgia

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Development of opioid tolerance with repeated transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation administration

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Differences in Waveform Characteristics Have No Effect on the Anti-Hyperalgesia Produced by Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in Rats With Joint Inflammation

scientific article published on 13 December 2006

Do cognitive and physical fatigue tasks enhance pain, cognitive fatigue, and physical fatigue in people with fibromyalgia?

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Does exercise increase or decrease pain? Central mechanisms underlying these two phenomena

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Effect of Intramuscular Protons, Lactate, and ATP on Muscle Hyperalgesia in Rats

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

Effect of Pain Education and Exercise on Pain and Function in Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy: Protocol for a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

Effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on pain, function, and quality of life in fibromyalgia: a double-blind randomized clinical trial.

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Effect of transcutaneous electrical stimulation on nociception and edema induced by peripheral serotonin

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for treatment of hyperalgesia and pain

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Effects of NMDA and non-NMDA ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists on the development and maintenance of hyperalgesia induced by repeated intramuscular injection of acidic saline

scientific article published in July 2002

Effects of genotype on TENS effectiveness in controlling knee pain in persons with mild to moderate osteoarthritis

scientific article published on 13 November 2019

Effects of the carrier frequency of interferential current on pain modulation and central hypersensitivity in people with chronic nonspecific low back pain: A randomized placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article published on 6 May 2016

Effects of the carrier frequency of interferential current on pain modulation in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a protocol of a randomised controlled trial

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Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on pain, pain sensitivity, and function in people with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial

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Enhanced analgesic activity by cyclodextrins - a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

Enhanced muscle fatigue occurs in male but not female ASIC3-/- mice

scientific article published on 27 February 2008

Enhanced reduction in hyperalgesia by combined administration of clonidine and TENS.

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Examining sex differences in knee pain: the multicenter osteoarthritis study

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Excitatory amino acid release in the spinal cord caused by plantar incision in the rat.

scientific article published in November 2002

Exercise prevents development of autonomic dysregulation and hyperalgesia in a mouse model of chronic muscle pain.

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Exercise-induced pain and analgesia? Underlying mechanisms and clinical translation

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Exercise-induced pain requires NMDA receptor activation in the medullary raphe nuclei

scientific article published on March 2012

Experimental hypothyroidism during pregnancy affects nociception and locomotor performance of offspring in rats.

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Experimental muscle pain impairs descending inhibition

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Fatigue-enhanced hyperalgesia in response to muscle insult: induction and development occur in a sex-dependent manner

scientific article published on 30 July 2013

Fatiguing exercise enhances hyperalgesia to muscle inflammation

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Genetic reduction of chronic muscle pain in mice lacking calcium/calmodulin-stimulated adenylyl cyclases

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HI-TENS reduces moderate-to-severe pain associated with most wound care procedures: a pilot study

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

High and low frequency TENS reduce postoperative pain intensity after laparoscopic tubal ligation: a randomized controlled trial

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Hormonal modulation of connective tissue homeostasis and sex differences in risk for osteoarthritis of the knee

scientific article (publication date: 4 February 2013)

How does physical activity modulate pain?

scientific article published in March 2017

Hypoalgesia in response to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) depends on stimulation intensity

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Hypoalgesic effect of the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation following inguinal herniorrhaphy: a randomized, controlled trial

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IL-10 cytokine released from M2 macrophages is crucial for analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture in a model of inflammatory muscle pain

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Increased c-fos immunoreactivity in the spinal cord and brain following spinal cord stimulation is frequency-dependent

scientific article published on 6 January 2009

Increased glutamate and decreased glycine release in the rostral ventromedial medulla during induction of a pre-clinical model of chronic widespread muscle pain

scientific article published on April 2009

Increased release of serotonin in the spinal cord during low, but not high, frequency transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation in rats with joint inflammation

scientific article published on August 2006

Increased response of muscle sensory neurons to decreases in pH after muscle inflammation ⬇️

scientific article published on August 5, 2010

Increased spinal release of excitatory amino acids following intradermal injection of capsaicin is reduced by a protein kinase G inhibitor ⬇️

scientific article published on July 6, 1998

Increasing intensity of TENS prevents analgesic tolerance in rats

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Induction of chronic non-inflammatory widespread pain increases cardiac sympathetic modulation in rats

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Inhibitors of G-proteins and protein kinases reduce the sensitization to mechanical stimulation and the desensitization to heat of spinothalamic tract neurons induced by intradermal injection of capsaicin in the primate ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1997

Interleukin-4 mediates the analgesia produced by low-intensity exercise in mice with neuropathic pain

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Is it possible to develop an animal model of fibromyalgia?

scientific article published on 19 August 2009

Joint Mobilization Reduces Hyperalgesia Associated With Chronic Muscle and Joint Inflammation in Rats

scientific article published on 01 August 2006

Joint manipulation reduces hyperalgesia by activation of monoamine receptors but not opioid or GABA receptors in the spinal cord

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Lack of Analgesic Synergy of the Cholecystokinin Receptor Antagonist Proglumide and Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain in Rats.

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Longitudinal Postoperative Course of Pain and Dysfunction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Low frequencies, but not high frequencies of bi-polar spinal cord stimulation reduce cutaneous and muscle hyperalgesia induced by nerve injury.

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Low-Intensity Exercise Reverses Chronic Muscle Pain in the Rat in a Naloxone-Dependent Manner

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Macrophage polarization contributes to local inflammation and structural change in the multifidus muscle after intervertebral disc injury

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

Management of Postoperative Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Regional Anesthesia, Executive

scientific article published on February 2016

Massage Reduces Pain Perception and Hyperalgesia in Experimental Muscle Pain: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 02 May 2008

Mechanical contributors to sex differences in idiopathic knee osteoarthritis

scientific article published on 23 December 2012

Mechanical hyperalgesia and reduced quality of life occur in people with mild knee osteoarthritis pain

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Meta-analysis of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for relief of spinal pain.

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

Modulation between high- and low-frequency transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation delays the development of analgesic tolerance in arthritic rats

scientific article published on April 2008

Multisensory Sensitivity is Related to Deep-Tissue but Not Cutaneous Pain Sensitivity in Healthy Individuals

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Muscle fatigue increases the probability of developing hyperalgesia in mice

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Nanoemulsion Thermoreversible Pluronic F127-Based Hydrogel Containing Hyptis pectinata (Lamiaceae) Leaf Essential Oil Produced a Lasting Anti-hyperalgesic Effect in Chronic Noninflammatory Widespread Pain in Mice.

scientific article published on 13 February 2017

Neural and psychosocial contributions to sex differences in knee osteoarthritic pain

scientific article published on 17 December 2012

Neurobiology of fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain

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Nonpharmacological treatments for musculoskeletal pain.

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On "The American Physical Therapy Association's top five Choosing Wisely recommendations." White NT, Delitto A, Manal TJ, Miller S. Phys Ther. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20140287

scientific article published on 01 February 2015

P2X3 and P2X2/3 Receptors Play a Crucial Role in Articular Hyperalgesia Development Through Inflammatory Mechanisms in the Knee Joint Experimental Synovitis

scientific article published on 5 October 2016

P2X4 Receptors on Muscle Macrophages Are Required for Development of Hyperalgesia in an Animal Model of Activity-Induced Muscle Pain

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Pain sensitivity profiles in patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis

scientific article published on 5 May 2016

Perceived function and physical performance are associated with pain and fatigue in women with fibromyalgia

scientific article published on January 2015

Physical activity is related to function and fatigue but not pain in women with fibromyalgia: baseline analyses from the Fibromyalgia Activity Study with TENS (FAST)

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Predictors of multidimensional functional outcomes after total knee arthroplasty

scientific article published on 4 May 2017

Predictors of postoperative movement and resting pain following total knee replacement

scientific article published on 25 July 2012

Pregabalin Reduces Muscle and Cutaneous Hyperalgesia in Two Models of Chronic Muscle Pain in Rats

scientific article published on 09 February 2007

Preoperative predictors of pain following total knee arthroplasty

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Pressure and Activity-related Allodynia in Delayed-onset Muscle Pain ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Prevalence of gluteus medius weakness in people with chronic low back pain compared to healthy controls

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Publishing the best basic and applied pain science: open science and PAIN.

scientific article published in March 2018

Regular physical activity prevents chronic pain by altering resident muscle macrophage phenotype and increasing interleukin-10 in mice

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Regular physical activity prevents development of chronic pain and activation of central neurons

scientific article published on 27 December 2012

Relationships among pain intensity, pain-related distress, and psychological distress in pre-surgical total knee arthroplasty patients: a secondary analysis

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Release of GABA and activation of GABA(A) in the spinal cord mediates the effects of TENS in rats.

scientific article published on 16 January 2007

Reliability and Construct Validity of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Instruments in Women with Fibromyalgia.

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Reply from Y. Lu, C. A. Whiteis, K. A. Sluka, M. W. Chapleau and F. M. Abboud.

scientific article published in July 2013

Research Gaps in Practice Guidelines for Acute Postoperative Pain Management in Adults: Findings From a Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guideline

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Resident Macrophages in Muscle Contribute to Development of Hyperalgesia in a Mouse Model of Noninflammatory Muscle Pain

scientific article published on July 2016

Responses of glomus cells to hypoxia and acidosis are uncoupled, reciprocal and linked to ASIC3 expression: selectivity of chemosensory transduction

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Review: central sensitization and musculoskeletal pain

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Role of brainstem serotonin in analgesia produced by low-intensity exercise on neuropathic pain after sciatic nerve injury in mice

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Selective targeting of ASIC3 using artificial miRNAs inhibits primary and secondary hyperalgesia after muscle inflammation

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Sex differences in osteoarthritis of the knee

scientific article published on October 2012

Short-duration physical activity prevents the development of activity-induced hyperalgesia through opioid and serotoninergic mechanisms

scientific article published on 8 June 2017

Skin impedance is not a factor in transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation effectiveness

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Somatic symptom presentations in women with fibromyalgia are differentially associated with elevated depression and anxiety.

scientific article published in October 2017

Somatosensory and Biomechanical Abnormalities in Females With Patellofemoral Pain

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Spinal 5-HT(2) and 5-HT(3) receptors mediate low, but not high, frequency TENS-induced antihyperalgesia in rats

scientific article published on September 2003

Spinal cord stimulation (scs) improves decreased physical activity induced by nerve injury

scientific article published on 09 June 2014

Spinal cord stimulation reduces mechanical hyperalgesia and glial cell activation in animals with neuropathic pain

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Spinal cord stimulation reduces mechanical hyperalgesia and restores physical activity levels in animals with noninflammatory muscle pain in a frequency-dependent manner

scientific article published in July 2014

Spinal muscarinic receptors are activated during low or high frequency TENS-induced antihyperalgesia in rats

scientific article published on December 2003

Spinal projections of the locus coeruleus and the nucleus subcoeruleus in the Harlan and the Sasco Sprague-Dawley rat ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 1992

Systemic morphine in combination with TENS produces an increased antihyperalgesia in rats with acute inflammation ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

TRPV1 is important for mechanical and heat sensitivity in uninjured animals and development of heat hypersensitivity after muscle inflammation

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Tethered cord syndrome discovered in preoperative examination

scientific article published on 30 May 2007

The DRASIC Cation Channel Contributes to the Detection of Cutaneous Touch and Acid Stimuli in Mice

The DRASIC cation channel contributes to the detection of cutaneous touch and acid stimuli in mice

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The current state of physical therapy pain curricula in the United States: a faculty survey

scientific article published on 12 November 2014

The dichotomized role for acid sensing ion channels in musculoskeletal pain and inflammation

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The effect of varying frequency and intensity of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on secondary mechanical hyperalgesia in an animal model of inflammation ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2001

The effects of G-protein and protein kinase inhibitors on the behavioral responses of rats to intradermal injection of capsaicin ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

The effects of SDZ NKT 343, a potent NK1 receptor antagonist, on cutaneous responses of primate spinothalamic tract neurones sensitized by intradermal capsaicin injection ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1998

The initial effects of knee joint mobilization on osteoarthritic hyperalgesia

scientific article published on 13 June 2006

The interaction between pain and movement

The role of glutamate and GABA receptors in the generation of dorsal root reflexes by acute arthritis in the anaesthetized rat ⬇️

scientific article published on April 15, 1995

Tracheobronchomalacia-like lung collapse during three separate trials of general anesthesia

scientific article published in October 2006

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Reduces Movement-Evoked Pain and Fatigue: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 18 November 2019

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation at Both High and Low Frequencies Reduces Primary Hyperalgesia in Rats With Joint Inflammation in a Time-Dependent Manner

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) reduces chronic hyperalgesia induced by muscle inflammation

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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation activates peripherally located alpha-2A adrenergic receptors

scientific article published in June 2005

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and conditioned pain modulation influence the perception of pain in humans.

scientific article published on 06 May 2013

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation at both high and low frequencies activates ventrolateral periaqueductal grey to decrease mechanical hyperalgesia in arthritic rats.

scientific article published on 02 July 2009

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for acute pain

scientific article (publication date: 15 June 2015)

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for acute pain

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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the control of pain during rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty: A randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial

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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation reduces pain, fatigue and hyperalgesia while restoring central inhibition in primary fibromyalgia

scientific article published on 27 July 2013

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, acupuncture, and spinal cord stimulation on neuropathic, inflammatory and, non-inflammatory pain in rat models

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: basic science mechanisms and clinical effectiveness

scientific article published on April 2003

Transition to chronic pain: opportunities for novel therapeutics

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Treatment with either high or low frequency TENS reduces the secondary hyperalgesia observed after injection of kaolin and carrageenan into the knee joint ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Unilateral carrageenan injection into muscle or joint induces chronic bilateral hyperalgesia in rats

scientific article published on August 2003

Unique role of dystroglycan in peripheral nerve myelination, nodal structure, and sodium channel stabilization

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Using TENS for pain control: the state of the evidence

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What makes transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation work? Making sense of the mixed results in the clinical literature

scientific article published on 02 May 2013

Wireless transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: an open-label feasibility study

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Women with knee osteoarthritis have more pain and poorer function than men, but similar physical activity prior to total knee replacement

scientific article published on 10 November 2011

β-caryophyllene, a dietary cannabinoid, complexed with β-cyclodextrin produced anti-hyperalgesic effect involving the inhibition of Fos expression in superficial dorsal horn

scientific article published on 13 February 2016

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