Heart rate variability and experimentally induced pain in healthy adults: A systematic review

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 301-314

  Koenig, J ^a   Jarczok, M N ^b   Ellis, R J ^c   Hillecke, T K ^a   Thayer, J F ^d  

^a SRH UNIVERSITY HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL PAIN; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PAIN;

EID: 84898880928     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00379.x     Document Type: Review

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