Do intensity ratings and skin conductance responses reliably discriminate between different stimulus intensities in experimentally induced pain?

Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-70

  Breimhorst, Markus ^a   Sandrock, Stephan ^b   Fechir, Marcel ^a   Hausenblas, Nadine ^c   Geber, Christian ^a   Birklein, Frank ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Applied Occupational Ergonomics and Industrial Engineering   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental pain; generalizability theory; pain intensity; reliability; skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650690821     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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