Robin O, Vinard H, Vernet-Maury E, Saumet J L
Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie du Comportement, Faculté d'Odontologie, Lyon, France.
Funct Neurol. 1987 Apr-Jun;2(2):173-9.
The influence of sex and anxiety on experimental pain perception was studied in a homogeneous population of 50 volunteer and healthy dental students. Three threshold (minimum perceptible threshold, pain threshold and pain tolerance threshold) were determined by delivering electrical stimulations, at regular intervals, on the left hand finger pads. At the same time, the students were asked to complete the Cattell's anxiety test, so allowing their degree of anxiety to be quantified. Statistical analysis of the results showed a lower pain tolerance threshold in females than in males and a significant correlation between the anxiety score and the pain tolerance threshold. The fact that females are more anxious than males could explain these results.
在50名志愿且健康的牙科专业学生这一同质化群体中，研究了性别和焦虑对实验性疼痛感知的影响。通过定期对手指垫左侧进行电刺激来确定三个阈值（最小可感知阈值、疼痛阈值和疼痛耐受阈值）。同时，要求学生完成卡特尔焦虑测试，从而对他们的焦虑程度进行量化。结果的统计分析表明，女性的疼痛耐受阈值低于男性，且焦虑得分与疼痛耐受阈值之间存在显著相关性。女性比男性更焦虑这一事实可以解释这些结果。
