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Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 600-608 , 31 July 2008

Tactile discrimination, but not tactile stimulation alone, reduces chronic limb pain

  • G. Lorimer Moseley

      Affiliations

    • Pain Imaging Neuroscience Group, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Le Gros Clark Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK
    • FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Pain Imaging Neuroscience Group, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Le Gros Clark Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK. Tel.: +44 (0) 1865 282658; fax: +44 (0) 1865 282656.
    • ,
  • Nadia M. Zalucki

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • Department of Physiotherapy, Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Australia
    • ,
  • Katja Wiech

      Affiliations

    • FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, UK

Received 28 June 2007 ,Revised 11 October 2007 ,Accepted 22 October 2007.

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PII: S0304-3959(07)00631-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.10.021

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