Perception and pain thresholds for cutaneous heat and cold, and rectal distension: Associations and disassociations

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Horing, B ^a   Kugel, H ^a   Brenner, V ^a   Zipfel, S ^a   Enck, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold pain; Heat pain; Rectal distensions; Somatic pain; Threshold measurement; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BAROSTAT; CATASTROPHIZING; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE DISTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RECTAL CATHETER; RECTUM DISEASE;

COLD PAIN; HEAT PAIN; RECTAL DISTENSIONS; SOMATIC PAIN; THRESHOLD MEASUREMENT; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECTUM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888033299     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12207     Document Type: Article

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