Gender differences in pressure pain threshold in a repeated measures assessment

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 567-579

  Garcia, Esmeralda ^a   Godoy Izquierdo, Debora ^a   Godoy, Juan F ^a   Perez, Miguel ^a   Lopez Chicheri, Isabel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Critical Care Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algometry; Gender differences; Pain; Pressure pain threshold; Tender points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 34548589186     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701203433     Document Type: Article

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