Anxiety moderates cardiovascular responses to painful stimuli during sphygmomanometry

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-257

  Rollnik, Jens D ^a   Schmitz, Norbert ^b   Kugler, Joachim ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Blood pressure; Penaz method; Predictability; Sphygmomanometry; STAI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CUFF; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0032877925     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(99)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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