Research Article

Aging Independently of the Hormonal Status Changes Pain Responses in Young Postmenopausal Women

Table 2

Group comparison of each pain measurement (mean value ± standard deviation).

VariableRMW ( ) (Mean ± SD)PMW ( ) (Mean ± SD) value

Pain threshold (°C) 0.46
Pain threshold (seconds) 0.05
Pain tolerance 0.29
Fixed thermode temperature (°C) 0.18
Peak pain (mean to ) 0.03
Last pain score ( ) 0.38
Thermode (before CPT) (mean to ) 0.14
Thermode (after CPT) (mean to ) 0.26
CPT mean pain intensity 0.005
TS delta score 0.39
DNIC delta score ( minus ) 0.99