Heart rate variability as a biomarker for autonomic nervous system response differences between children with chronic pain and healthy control children

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 449-457

  Evans, Subhadra ^b   Seidman, Laura C ^b   Tsao, Jennie C I ^b   Lung, Kirsten C ^b   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^b   Naliboff, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood pain; Cold pressor; Experimental pain; Laboratory pain; Pediatric pain; Stress task

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROSCOPY; STRESS;

EID: 84892849015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S43849     Document Type: Article

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