Effect of Low-Dose Amitriptyline on Autonomic Functions and Peripheral Blood Flow in Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Study

Pain Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-136

  Kulshreshtha, Poorvi ^a   Gupta, Rajiva ^a   Yadav, Raj Kumar ^a   Bijlani, Ramesh Lal ^a   Deepak, Kishore Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Fibromyalgia; Interventional; Persistent pain; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP BREATHING TEST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTION TEST; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYING TO STANDING TEST; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 84855734336     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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