The role of mood states underlying sex differences in the perception and tolerance of pain

Pain Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-196

  Garofalo, John P ^a   Lawler, Casey ^a   Robinson, Richard ^b   Morgan, Michael ^a   Kenworthy Heinige, Tawni ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Mood states; Pain induction; Perception; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AFFECT; COLD; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33746930196     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2006.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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