Sex differences and hormonal influences on response to cold pressor pain in humans

The Journal of Pain : Official Journal of the American Pain Society
William J KowalczykSandra D Comer

Abstract

Although most studies show that women have higher subjective pain ratings in response to painful stimuli, there is less consistency across studies with regard to the influence of gonadal hormones on pain responsivity. The present study evaluated sex differences in response to cold pressor pain in normally menstruating women (NMW), women maintained on oral contraceptives (OCW), and men. Testing occurred during 5 phases of the menstrual cycle. All participants completed 10 sessions (2 sessions per phase). During the cold pressor test, participants immersed the forearm into water maintained at 4 degrees C, and pain threshold and tolerance were measured. Subjective ratings of pain, physiologic indices, and plasma levels of estradiol and progesterone were also assessed. Both estradiol and progesterone levels varied as a function of menstrual cycle phase in NMW and were significantly higher in NMW compared with OCW and men. There were no significant differences in pain threshold or tolerance for any of the groups as a function of menstrual cycle phase. There were no significant differences in pain tolerance between groups. However, pain threshold was higher in NMW compared with OCW and men. When the data were reanalyzed across consec...Continue Reading

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