The effect of attentional re-training and threat expectancy in response to acute pain

Pain

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 101-107

  McGowan, Naomi ^a   Sharpe, L ^a   Refshauge, K ^a   Nicholas, M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Attentional bias; Chronic pain; Hypervigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLD TEMPERATURE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60049084979     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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