Women with dysmenorrhea are hypersensitive to experimental deep muscle pain across the menstrual cycle

Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1066-1076

  Iacovides, Stella ^a   Baker, Fiona C ^a,b   Avidon, Ingrid ^a   Bentley, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhea; menstrual cycle; muscle hyperalgesia; pain sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOREARM; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DYSMENORRHEA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE HYPERALGESIA; PAIN SENSITIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BACK PAIN; DYSMENORRHEA; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOREARM; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYALGIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGESTERONE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885020503     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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