African Americans Show Alterations in Endogenous Pain Regulatory Mechanisms and Reduced Pain Tolerance to Experimental Pain Procedures
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African Americans show alterations in endogenous pain regulatory mechanisms and reduced pain tolerance to experimental pain procedures.
OBJECTIVES To examine ethnic differences in pain sensitivity and relationship of pain tolerance to blood pressure and neuroendocrine factors. METHODS Fifty-one African Americans (24 men, 27 women) and 55 people from other ethnic groups (primarily Caucasian; 26 men, 29 women) were tested twice for pain sensitivity to tourniquet ischemia, thermal heat, and cold pressor tests, once following men...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychosomatic Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0033-3174
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000188466.14546.68