Hypnosis prevents the cardiovascular response to cold pressor test

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-266

  Casiglia, Edoardo ^a,b   Schiavon, Laura ^a   Tikhonoff, Valérie ^a   Nasto, Hilda Haxhi ^a   Azzi, Mariafrancesca ^a   Rempelou, Panagiota ^a   Giacomello, Margherita ^b,c   Bolzon, Monica ^a   Bascelli, Anna ^a   Scarpa, Roberta ^a   Lapenta, Antonio M ^b   Rossi, Augusto M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Italian Centre for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cold pressor test; Hypnosis; Pain; Peripheral circulation; Physiology; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC FOCUSED ANALGESIA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESIA; COLD; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; PAIN; TOUCH;

EID: 33947700815     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2007.10524503     Document Type: Article

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