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Pain Research and Treatment
Volume 2015, Article ID 793750, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/793750
Research Article

Central Sensitization and Perceived Indoor Climate among Workers with Chronic Upper-Limb Pain: Cross-Sectional Study

Emil Sundstrup,1,2 Markus D. Jakobsen,1,2 Mikkel Brandt,1,3 Kenneth Jay,1,2 Roger Persson,4 and Lars L. Andersen1,3

1National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
2Institute for Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark
3Physical Activity and Human Performance Group, SMI, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
4Department of Psychology, Lund University, Box 213, 221 00 Lund, Sweden

Received 8 June 2015; Accepted 23 August 2015

Academic Editor: Steve McGaraughty

Copyright © 2015 Emil Sundstrup et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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