A correlation between sex hormone levels and pressure pain threshold and tolerance in healthy women

Pain Clinic

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-47

  Kerem, Mintaze ^a,b   Akbayrak, Turkan ^a,b   Bumin, Gonca ^a,b   Yigiter, Kezban ^a,b   Armutlu, Kadriye ^a,b   Kerimoglu, Dilara ^a,b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pain algometer; Pressure pain threshold; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASSETER MUSCLE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE;

EID: 0036321676     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856902760189160     Document Type: Article

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