A brief mindfulness meditation training increases pain threshold and accelerates modulation of response to tonic pain in an experimental study

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 628-635

  Reiner, Keren ^a   Granot, Michal ^b,c   Soffer, Eliran ^a   Lipsitz, Joshua Dan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mindfulness meditation; Moderation; Pain modulation; Pain threshold; Tonic pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG DURATION STIMULUS TEST; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ANALGESIA; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939441148     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12883     Document Type: Article

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