Cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress may enhance subsequent pain sensitivity

Pain

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-244

  Caceres, Cynthia ^a   Burns, John W ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Pain sensitivity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PAIN THRESHOLD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031015871     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(96)03289-7     Document Type: Article

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