• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2007

본 연구는 측두장애환자의 주 증상인 턱관절 및 주위 조직의 통증 처치에 있어 capsaicin도포에 따른 영향을 평가하고자 실험 결과에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 전신질환이 없는 건강한 성인 20명에서 냉찜질 적용, 0.025% capsaicin 크림, 0.075% capsaicin 크림 도포후 $Neurometer^{(R)}$ CPT/C (Neurotron, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)로 전류인지역치와 동통내성역치를 측정하여 다음의 결과를 얻었다. 1. C 신경섬유에서 측정된 전류인류인지역치가 기준치에 비하여 0.075% capsaicin 크림도포후에 유의하게 증가하여 감각감퇴를 보였으며, 냉찜질과 0.025% capsaicin 크림도포 및 0.075% capsaicin 크림 도포후에는 capsaicin 크림 도포후에 유의한 감각감퇴를 나타내었다. 2. $A{\beta}$ 신경섬유의 동통내성역치는 기준치에 비하여 냉찜질과 0.075% capsaicin 크림에서 유의하게 증가하였으며, $A{\delta}$ 신경 섬유에서는 기준치에 대하여 냉찜질과 0.025% capsaicin 크림도포시가 유의하게 증가하였고, C 신경섬유 측정시는 기준치에 비하여 0.025% capsaicin 크림도포시에 유의하게 증가하였다. 3. 동통내성역치시의 견디는 통증정도를 표시한 가시상 척도상에서는 0.075% capsaicin 크림 도포후에 C 신경 섬유측정시가 7.18로 기준치의 6.48에 비하여 유의하게 높았다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.97-103
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of experimenter gender on pain report as well as the sex differences in pain threshold and pain tolerance. Cold pressor test and pressure pain threshold (PPT) test were performed on forty dental students by both of a male and a female experimenter separately with 1 day interval. The obtained results were as follows : There were no differences in pain threshold and pain tolerance between males and females when they were examined by the same gender experimenter in the cold pressor test, but when they were examined by the opposite gender experimenter the pain threshold of males was significantly higher than females. When the pain threshold was measured by the same gender experimenter, using a algometer, there was no differences in PPT between males and females. However, when the same measurements were done by the opposite gender experimenter, the PPT of males was significantly higher than females at anterior temporalis and inferior masseter. For cold pressor test, females tended to report lower levels of pain threshold and pain tolerance to a male experimenter than a female, but the differences were not significant. Although both pain threshold and pain tolerance were increased when males were examined by a female experimenter in the cold pressor test, the statistical significance was found only in pain tolerance. When subjects were examined by the opposite gender experimenter in the PPT text, females reported significantly higher levels of pain at inferior masseter and males reported significantly lower levels of pain at anterior temporalis and inferior masseter.