Paradoxical Pain Perception in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Unique Role of Anxiety and Dissociation

Journal of Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 961-970

  Defrin, Ruth ^a   Schreiber, Shaul ^a   Ginzburg, Karni ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

anxiety; dissociation; hyperresponsiveness; hypoalgesia; Key words Chronic pain; posttraumatic stress disorder; psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; DIPYRONE; ESCITALOPRAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NOCICEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPLICATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HYPERALGESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CATASTROPHIZATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84942829524     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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