Sex differences in heat pain thresholds as a function of assessment method and rate of rise

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-62

  Fillingim, Roger B ^a   Maddux, Valerie ^a   Shackelford, Jodie A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Heat pain; Pain threshold; Reliability; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0032998024     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229970654     Document Type: Article

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