Aging Independently of the Hormonal Status Changes Pain Responses in Young Postmenopausal Women
Joint Authors
Tousignant-Laflamme, Yannick
Marchand, Serge
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-10-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Both aging and hormonal status have an effect on pain perception.
The goal of this study was to isolate as much as possible the effect of aging in postmenopausal women.
Thirty-two women with regular menstrual cycles (RMW) and 18 postmenopausal women (PMW) underwent a 2-minute cold pressor test (CPT) to activate DNIC with a series of tonic heat pain stimulations with a contact thermode to assess ascending pain pathways.
We found that this procedure induced much less pain during the first 15 seconds of stimulation the PMW group (P=0.03), while the mean thermode pain ratings, pain tolerance, pain threshold, and DNIC analgesia were similar for both groups (P>0.05).
The absence of the peak pain in the PMW was probably due to reduced function of the myelinated Aδ fibers that naturally occurs with age.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tousignant-Laflamme, Yannick& Marchand, Serge. 2011. Aging Independently of the Hormonal Status Changes Pain Responses in Young Postmenopausal Women. Pain Research and Treatment،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491141
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tousignant-Laflamme, Yannick& Marchand, Serge. Aging Independently of the Hormonal Status Changes Pain Responses in Young Postmenopausal Women. Pain Research and Treatment No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491141
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tousignant-Laflamme, Yannick& Marchand, Serge. Aging Independently of the Hormonal Status Changes Pain Responses in Young Postmenopausal Women. Pain Research and Treatment. 2011. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491141
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-491141