Relationship between sympathetic activity and pain intensity in fibromyalgia

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages S53-S57

  Zamunér, Antonio Roberto ^a   Barbic, Franca ^b   Dipaola, Franca ^b   Bulgheroni, Mara ^b   Diana, Alessandro ^c   Atzeni, Fabiola ^d   Marchi, Andrea ^b,e   Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo ^f   Porta, Alberto ^d,g   Furlan, Raffaello ^b,g  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c Emergency Medicine Legnano Hospital ^*  (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Pain intensity; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN INTENSITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPLICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY RATE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84929274592     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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