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Volume 137, Issue 2 , Pages 237-244 , 15 July 2008

Movement imagery increases pain in people with neuropathic pain following complete thoracic spinal cord injury

  • Sylvia M. Gustin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Histology, F13, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    • Pain Management Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia
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  • Paul J. Wrigley

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia
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  • Simon C. Gandevia

      Affiliations

    • Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
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  • James W. Middleton

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia
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  • Luke A. Henderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Histology, F13, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9351 7063; fax: +61 2 9351 6556.
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  • Philip J. Siddall

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia

Received 7 May 2007 ,Revised 14 August 2007 ,Accepted 23 August 2007.

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PII: S0304-3959(07)00468-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.08.032

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