The effect of visual stimuli on pain threshold and tolerance

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 462-469

  Tse, Mimi M Y ^a   Ng, Jacobus K F ^b   Chung, Joanne W Y ^a   Wong, Thomas K S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clinical application; Pain; Pain threshold; Pain tolerance; Visual stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0036636866     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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