Physiological reactivity to functional tests in patients with chronic low back pain

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-40

  Kalezic, Nebojsa ^a   Åsell, Malin ^a   Kerschbaumer, Helmut ^b   Lyskov, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b Vocational Rehabilitation Center Rygginstitut   (Sweden)

Author keywords

And physiological reactivity; Chronic low back pain; Functional tests; Stress; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EVALUATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34147164928     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: 15407012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v15n01_05     Document Type: Article

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