Lower Resting State Heart Rate Variability Relates to High Pain Catastrophizing in Patients with Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders and Healthy Controls

Pain Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1048-1053

  Koenig, Julian ^a   De Kooning, Margot ^b,c   Bernardi, Anthony ^a   Williams, DeWayne P ^a   Nijs, Jo ^b   Thayer, Julian F ^a   Daenen, Liesbeth ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

chronic whiplash; heart rate variability; inhibitory control; pain catastrophizing; threat perception; vagal activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESTING HEART RATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREAT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 84994245966     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12399     Document Type: Article

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