Women experience greater heat pain adaptation and habituation than men

Pain

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-357

  Hashmi, Javeria A ^a,b   Davis, Karen D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Burning; Habituation; Heat pain; Psychophysics; Sex differences; Sharp

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69649105898     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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