Dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system and its association with the presence and intensity of chronic widespread pain

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1209-1216

  Barakat, Ansam ^a   Vogelzangs, Nicole ^a   Licht, Carmilla M M ^a   Geenen, Rinie ^b   MacFarlane, Gary J ^c   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Smit, Johannes H ^a   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a,d,e   Dekker, Joost ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864449634     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21669     Document Type: Article

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