Autonomic response to pain in patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  de Kooning, Margot ^a,b   Daenen, Liesbeth ^b   Cras, Patrick ^b   Gidron, Yori ^a   Roussel, Nathalie ^a,c   Nijs, Jo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c University College Antwerp   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Chronic whiplash associated disorders; Heart rate variability; Pain modulation; Posttraumatic stress disorder,sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC WHIPLASH ASSOCIATED DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84878250805     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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