Disability in patients with chronic neck pain: Heart rate variability analysis and cluster analysis

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 797-803

  Kang, Jiunn Horng ^a,b,c   Chen, Hung Sheng ^a   Chen, Shih Ching ^a,c   Jaw, Fu Shan ^b  

^a University College of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; disability; heart rate variability; hronic neck pain; sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 12; CHRONIC PAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867242663     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182442afd     Document Type: Article

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