title: Pain perception in recovered bulimia nervosa patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Decreased pain sensitivity is found in individuals who are ill with bulimia nervosa (BN). The purpose of this study is to determine whether altered pain perception persists after recovery from bulimia nervosa (RBN).
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven women who were recovered from BN for more than 1 year were compared with 15 healthy volunteer women. The participants received two pain evaluations--thermal pain stimulation (TPS), which evaluates threshold and tolerance to heat, and the submaximal effort tourniquet test (SETT), which assesses threshold and tolerance to ischemic pain induced by inflation of a blood pressure cuff.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with the controls, the RBN women showed elevated pain threshold as measured with the SETT and a tendency to elevated pain threshold on the TPS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Decreased pain sensitivity persists after recovery from BN and may reflect altered modulatory function in this illness.
authors.affiliation: Sheba Medical Center, 21Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Walter H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kaye
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Orbach
authors.forename: Dov
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Har-Even
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Rhadika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000150:complications* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017288:Pain Threshold; D016896:Treatment Outcome