Gender effects in pain perception.
Studies have shown that women report more pain than men when pain is induced in the laboratory. As sex differences in perceived pain have not been established with clinical or endogenous pain, research was undertaken to compare reported pain of males and females arising from one of three sources. Two groups of adults and one group of children were studied. Analysis indicated no sex differences in reported clinical or endogenous pain for children or adults.
Lander
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Fowler-Kerry
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Hargreaves
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