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Mechanisms, mechanisms, mechanisms: it really does all boil down to mechanisms

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Burns, John W.·2016·Pain

DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000696PMC PMC5846486

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Authors: Burns, J. W.
Affiliations: Rush University Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author: Burns, John W.
ORCID: Burns, John W.
Venue: Pain
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2016-08-19
Volume: 157
Issue: 11
Pages: 2393-2394
ISSN: 0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
1872-6623
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000696
PMC: PMC5846486
OpenAlex: W2508140726
Cited by: 37
References: 29
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
FWCI: 2.42
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Pain (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR013910)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
Keywords: mechanisms, pain mechanisms

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