Executive and attentional functions in chronic pain: Does performance decrease with increasing task load?

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Oosterman, Joukje M ^a,b   Derksen, Laura C ^b   Van Wijck, Albert J M ^c   Kessels, Roy P C ^a,d   Veldhuijzen, Dieuwke S ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Chronic pain; Executive function; Pain catastrophizing; Pain intensity; Psychomotor speed

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CAFFEINE; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; MISOPROSTOL; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLANNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862623335     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/962786     Document Type: Article

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