Pain Management Nursing
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 60-65 , March 2012

The Sensitization Model to Explain How Chronic Pain Exists Without Tissue Damage

  • C. Paul van Wilgen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to C. Paul van Wilgen, University Center for Sport, Exercise and Health, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
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  • Doeke Keizer, PhD

Received 23 July 2009 ,Revised 1 March 2010 ,Accepted 1 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2010.03.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 60-65 , March 2012

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