R-R Interval Variation and Sympathetic Skin Response in Fibromyalgia

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 630-634

  Ozgocmen, Salih ^a   Yoldas, Tahir ^b   Yigiter, Remzi ^b   Kaya, Arzu ^a   Ardicoglu, Ozge ^a  

^a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Fibromyalgia; Heart rate variability; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOOT; FUNCTION TEST; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HAND; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATING SCALE; REST; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC SKIN RESPONSE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33646855821     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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