Differences in pain-related fear acquisition and generalization: An experimental study comparing patients with fibromyalgia and healthy controls

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 108-122

  Meulders, Ann ^a   Jans, Anne ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Fear generalization; Fibromyalgia; Learning; Pain related fear; Voluntary movement paradigm

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STARTLE REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFLEX, STARTLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921968710     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.0000000000000016     Document Type: Article

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