Effects of temperature on heat pain adaptation and habituation in men and women

Pain

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 737-743

  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; Habituation; Heat pain; Psychophysics; Sex differences; Temperature; Temporal summation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78049482138     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.08.046     Document Type: Article

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