Disadvantages
Microneurography can be time-consuming and difficult because it requires an expert investigator and a patient who is willing to collaborate. Consequently, microneurography has been used on few occasions to study neuropathic pain patients.Though there are minor, short lasting, or no side effects at all after microneurography that have been reported, some axonal damage does occur where the needle is placed, causing de- and regeneration of nerve fibers.
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