Fear of Pain, Pain Catastrophizing, and Acute Pain Perception: Relative Prediction and Timing of Assessment

Journal of Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 806-812

  Hirsh, Adam T ^a   George, Steven Z ^a   Bialosky, Joel E ^a   Robinson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; catastrophizing; experimental; Fear; pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; COLD; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49649088853     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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