Electrodermal responses to words in chronic low back pain patients: A comparison between pain descriptors, other emotional words, and neutral words

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 686-691

  Bonnet, Adeline ^a   Naveteur, Janick ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Electrodermal activity; Emotion; Pain descriptors; Words

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH;

EID: 33748932529     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000210933.66063.ec     Document Type: Article

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