Effects of catastrophizing on pain perception and pain modulation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-85

  Weissman Fogel, Irit ^a   Sprecher, Elliot ^b   Pud, Dorit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catastrophizing; Diffuse noxious inhibitory control (DNIC); Heat pain; Muscle pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 40149086428     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1206-7     Document Type: Article

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