Psychophysiological responses to pain: Further validation of the nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR) as a measure of nociception using multilevel modeling

Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 939-948

  Rhudy, Jamie L ^a   France, Christopher R ^b   Bartley, Emily J ^a   McCabe, Klanci M ^a   Williams, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Electrocutaneous shock; Heart rate; Nociceptive flexion reflex; Pain perception; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 70349159559     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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