Effects of nondirective suggestions on pain tolerance, pain threshold and pain intensity perception

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 963-966

  Neumann, W ^a,b   Seelbach, H ^c   Kugler, J ^d   Kruskemper G M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Hochschule Neubrandenburg   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUGGESTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; SUGGESTION;

EID: 0031155521     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3.963     Document Type: Article

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