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pain thresh·old

the lowest intensity of a painful stimulus at which the subject perceives pain.
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pain thresh·old

(pān threshōld)
Lowest intensity of a painful stimulus at which the subject perceives pain.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

pain thresh·old

(pān threshōld)
Lowest intensity of a painful stimulus at which subject perceives pain.
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Results indicated that significant elevations in pain threshold and significant decreases in pain ratings were evident following approximately 14 weeks of martial arts participation while no significant changes were detected following a control condition of the same duration.
Influence of Martial Arts Training on the Perception of Experimentally Induced Pressure Pain and Selected Psychological Responses
(2010) [23] consider this type of evaluation to be limited, declaring that the pressure pain threshold determined with the aid of an algometer has greater reliability than manual palpation.
Evaluation of pain threshold upon palpation of the masticatory muscles in women with temporomandibular disorder according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria of Temporomandibular Disorders
The pain threshold (mean [+ or -] SD) was significantly higher in dysmenorrheic women when compared to nondysmenorrheic women across the menstrual cycle.
Comparative study of response to experimental cold pain in dysmenorrheic and nondysmenorrheic women
Pressure pain threshold: Pressure pain threshold (PPT) was measured by a pressure algometer (Somedic Production, Algometer type II, Sweden) with a probe of 1.0 [cm.sup.2].
Intrarater reliability of pain intensity, tissue blood flow, thermal pain threshold, pressure pain threshold and lumbo-pelvic stability tests in subjects with low back pain
However, the reliability varied from good for pressure pain threshold as a test stimulus to fair for the heat pain threshold as a test stimulus.
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This increases the sensitivity of nociceptive neurons decreasing pain threshold. [20] Chronic pain also alters autonomic outflow.
Immediate effect of slow right and left nostril deep breathing exercises on reaction time, pain sensitivity, and temperature of elderly population in Madurai
However, lower pain threshold values were observed in the masticatory and trapezius muscles of individuals with muscle and joint TMD when compared to the control group.
Pain threshold, sleep quality and anxiety levels in individuals with temporomandibular disorders
In this study to identify the relationship between acculturation and experimental pain sensitivity among Asian Americans, the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States [6], we found that participants with higher acculturation to American culture had lower experimental pain sensitivity (i.e., higher heat pain tolerance, higher pressure pain threshold, and lower punctate pain).
The Relationship between Acculturation and Experimental Pain Sensitivity in Asian Americans with Knee Osteoarthritis
Pain threshold after wet cupping therapy was significantly higher in the TG (22.81[+ or -]6.34 s; P=0.003) than in the CG (11.78[+ or -]3.56 s).
Pain relief with wet cupping therapy in rats is mediated by heat shock protein 70 and [??]-endorphin
In this study, we aimed to investigate the association of two common HTR2A gene polymorphisms, rs6313 (102 T/C) and rs6311 (1438 A/G), with CLBP and the pain threshold, disability, and sex differences.
Assessment of pain sensitivity in patients with chronic low back pain and association with HTR2A gene polymorphism
Our findings demonstrate that impairments in CPM are present prior to the onset of chronic neck pain and precede subsequent changes in evoked cold pain threshold. Furthermore, CPM appears to remain stable in the early stages of chronicity (i.e., within the first year of relatively mild persistent or intermittent neck pain).
Adaptations in Evoked Pain Sensitivity and Conditioned Pain Modulation after Development of Chronic Neck Pain
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