Expectations of increased and decreased pain explain the effect of conditioned pain modulation in females

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 289-300

  Bjørkedal, Espen ^a   Flaten, Magne Arve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conditioned pain modulation; Expectations; Nocebo hyperalgesia; Pain; Placebo analgesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED PAIN MODULATION; CONDITIONING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

EID: 84874970793     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S33559     Document Type: Article

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