Lowered Parasympathetic Activity in Apparently Healthy Subjects with Self-Reported Symptoms of Pain: Preliminary Results from a Pilot Study

Pain Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 314-318

  Koenig, Julian ^a   Jarczok, Marc N ^b   Ellis, Robert J ^c   Warth, Marco ^a   Hillecke, Thomas K ^a   Thayer, Julian 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

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic activity; Self reported pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PILOT STUDY; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORTED SYMPTOM OF PAIN; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; HEART RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926221702     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12177     Document Type: Article

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