Age effects on pain thresholds, temporal summation and spatial summation of heat and pressure pain
Age effects on pain thresholds, temporal summation and spatial summation of heat and pressure pain
S. Lautenbacher,M. Kunz,2 Authors,L. Arendt-Nielsen
2005 · DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.03.025
Pain · 416 Citations
TLDR
Evidence is provided for stimulus‐specific changes in pain perception in the elderly, with deep tissue (muscle) nociception being affected differently by age than superficial tissue (skin) nOCiception and Summation mechanisms contribute only moderately to age changes inPain perception.