Sex Differences in Pain

Sex differences in musculoskeletal pain.

Epidemiologic, clinical, and experimental evidence points to sex differences in musculoskeletal pain. Adult women more often have musculoskeletal problems than do men. Discrepant findings regarding the presence of such differences during childhood and adolescence continue. Biologic and psychosocial factors might account for these differences. The authors review evidence showing that mechanicall...

Chronic pain and sex differences

Deconstructing sex differences in pain sensitivity.

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Sex differences in pain perception and interpretation

This study tries to explain the importance of sex differences in the perception of pain and its treatment. The study examines sex differences not only between men and women, but more generally – between males and females. The study deals with both experimental and clinical findings. Generally speaking, women have lower pain thresholds and they also differ in their response to analgesic therapy ...

Race and sex differences in cutaneous pain perception.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine race and sex differences in cutaneous pain perception. METHODS Pain perception was measured using a suprathreshold evaluation of pain intensity and pain unpleasantness to a series of thermal stimuli in 27 whites (14 men and 13 women) and 24 African Americans (12 men and 12 women). Blood pressure, depressive symptoms, anxiety state levels, a...