Focused analgesia and generalized relaxation produce differential hypnotic analgesia in response to ascending stimulus intensity

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-196

  Sharav, Yair ^a   Tal, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Expectation; Hypnotic analgesia; Hypnotic relaxation; Placebo; Stimulus intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOSIS, ANESTHETIC; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SUGGESTION;

EID: 1642503863     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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