Ethnic Differences Regarding Tactile and Pain Thresholds in the Trigeminal Region

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-369

  Komiyama, Osamu ^a   Kawara, Misao ^a   De Laat, Antoon ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethnic difference; filament prick pain detection threshold; gender; pressure pain threshold; pressure pain tolerance detection threshold; tactile detection threshold

Indexed keywords

ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSORY NERVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 34047273045     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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