Abstract
Many studies investigating the attenuation of pain by psychological means have confounded cognitive factors with motoric factors. Two experiments were performed to investigate the extent to which intentional movements alone can attenuate experimental pain. Reciprocal finger movements of the limb contralateral to a noxiously stimulated limb were found to result in significantly longer tolerance times and significantly lower pain intensity ratings when visual attention was directed to and away from the spatial location of the noxious stimulation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 121-128 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Acute Pain |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2011-03-04 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2009 |
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Keywords
- cold pressor pain
- limb movement
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Contralateral limb movement modulates cold pressor pain. / Brodie, Eric E.; Kane, Fiona M.; Gijsbers, Karel; Niven, Catherine A.
In: Acute Pain, Vol. 11, No. 2011-03-04, 01.12.2009, p. 121-128.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Contralateral limb movement modulates cold pressor pain
AU - Brodie, Eric E.
AU - Kane, Fiona M.
AU - Gijsbers, Karel
AU - Niven, Catherine A.
N1 - Originally published in: Acute Pain (2009), 11 (3-4), pp.121-128.
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - Many studies investigating the attenuation of pain by psychological means have confounded cognitive factors with motoric factors. Two experiments were performed to investigate the extent to which intentional movements alone can attenuate experimental pain. Reciprocal finger movements of the limb contralateral to a noxiously stimulated limb were found to result in significantly longer tolerance times and significantly lower pain intensity ratings when visual attention was directed to and away from the spatial location of the noxious stimulation.
AB - Many studies investigating the attenuation of pain by psychological means have confounded cognitive factors with motoric factors. Two experiments were performed to investigate the extent to which intentional movements alone can attenuate experimental pain. Reciprocal finger movements of the limb contralateral to a noxiously stimulated limb were found to result in significantly longer tolerance times and significantly lower pain intensity ratings when visual attention was directed to and away from the spatial location of the noxious stimulation.
KW - cold pressor pain
KW - limb movement
U2 - 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.07.002
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 121
EP - 128
JO - Acute Pain
JF - Acute Pain
SN - 1366-0071
IS - 2011-03-04
ER -