Demographic Predictors of Pain Sensitivity: Results From the OPPERA Study

Overview

Journal J Pain

Specialties Neurology
Psychiatry

Date 2016 Nov 26

PMID 27884689

Citations 43

Authors

Cara Ostrom

Eric Bair

William Maixner

Ronald Dubner

Roger B Fillingim

Richard Ohrbach

Gary D Slade

Joel D Greenspan

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Abstract

Perspective: The influence of sex, age, and race/ethnicity on various aspects of pain sensitivity, encompassing threshold and suprathreshold measures and multiple stimulus modalities, allows for a more complete evaluation of the relevance of these demographic factors to acute pain perception.

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