The effect of gender and working conditions on pain threshold in healthy volunteers

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Güldoğuş F., Kelsaka E., Ozturk B.

AGRI-THE JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF ALGOLOGY, vol.25, no.2, pp.64-68, 2013 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.5505/agri.2013.97769
  • Journal Name: AGRI-THE JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF ALGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.64-68
  • Keywords: Pain threshold, gender, painmatcher
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensorial/ affective dimension pain levels of patients using an electrostimulation method and to investigate the effects of gender and working conditions on pain thresholds.