A psychophysical study of discomfort produced by repeated filling of the urinary bladder

Pain

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 61-69

  Ness, Timothy J ^a   Richter, Holly E ^a   Varner, R Edward ^a   Fillingim, Roger B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Urinary bladder; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESPIRATION; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0031777645     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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