Sensory and affective pain discrimination after inhalation of essential oils

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 599-606

  Gedney, Jeffrey J ^a   Glover, Toni L ^a   Fillingim, Roger B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Box 100404 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatherapy; Pain intensity; Pain unpleasantness; Sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; LAVENDER OIL; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEAT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIA; LAVENDER; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROSEMARY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMELLING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AROMATHERAPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEAT; HUMANS; INHALATION; LAVANDULA; OILS, VOLATILE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; ROSMARINUS;

EID: 3242762880     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000132875.01986.47     Document Type: Article

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