Blunted autonomic reactivity and increased pain tolerance in somatoform patients

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2157-2164

  Pollatos, Olga ^a   Dietel, Anja ^b   Herbert, Beate M ^c   Wankner, Sarah ^d   Wachsmuth, Cornelia ^e   Henningsen, Peter ^e   Sack, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Heart rate variability; Pain threshold; Pain tolerance; Response; Somatoform disorder; Sympathovagal balance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPATHOVAGAL IMBALANCE; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051792529     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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