Two-Week Test-Retest Stability of the Cold Pressor Task Procedure at two different Temperatures as a Measure of Pain Threshold and Tolerance

Pain Practice ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. E126-E135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Koenig ◽  
Marc N. Jarczok ◽  
Robert J Ellis ◽  
Claudia Bach ◽  
Julian F. Thayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Cold Pressor Task ◽  
Different Temperatures

Impact of reward on pain threshold and tolerance to experimental pain (Cold Pressor Task) in healthy subjects and patients with schizophrenia

2017 ◽  
Vol 254 ◽  
pp. 275-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noomane Bouaziz ◽  
Virginie Moulier ◽  
Thibaut Lettelier-Galle ◽  
Ingrid Osmond ◽  
Annie Faivre-Wojakiewicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Experimental Pain ◽  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Cold Pressor Task

Child Cortisol Output During Cold Pressor Task is Associated with Trait Anxiety, but Not Maternal Antenatal Depression

2021 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 105517
Author(s):  
K.M. Sawyer ◽  
R.H. Bind ◽  
K. Hazelgrove ◽  
B. Allegri ◽  
L. Rebecchini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Antenatal Depression ◽  
Cold Pressor Task

Effects of Frequency of Pain Report on Subjective Pain Ratings of the Cold Pressor Task

1998 ◽  
Vol 86 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1263-1266
Author(s):  
Michael Loftin ◽  
Amos Zeichner ◽  
Matthew Given
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Cold Pressor Task ◽  
Pain Ratings ◽  
Subjective Pain ◽  
Pain Report

Differences in methodology among studies using the cold pressor task have affected the level of pain reported by subjects. This study was designed to assess the effects of varying frequency of self-report on intensity of subjective pain ratings. In a sample of 108 subjects, significant differences in pain ratings were found between subjects who rated their pain at 50-sec. intervals and groups who rated at lower or higher frequencies. Analysis indicated that the frequency of reporting pain may influence the coping strategies used by patients with pain and should be considered carefully by researchers.

scholarly journals Swearing as a response to pain: Assessing hypoalgesic effects of novel “swear” words

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Stephens ◽  
Olly May Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Neutral Word ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pain Perception ◽  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Pain Tolerance ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Cold Pressor Pain

Background: This pre-registered study extends previous findings that swearing alleviates pain tolerance by assessing the effects of a conventional swear word (“fuck”) and two new “swear” words, “fouch” and “twizpipe”.Method: A mixed sex group of participants (N = 92) completed a repeated measures experimental design augmented by mediation analysis. The independent variable was Word with the levels, “fuck” v. “fouch” v. “twizpipe” v. a neutral word. The dependent variables were emotion rating, humour rating, distraction rating, cold pressor pain threshold, cold pressor pain tolerance, pain perception score and change from resting heart rate. Possible mediation effects were assessed for emotion, humour and distraction ratings. Results: For conventional swearing (“fuck”), confirmatory analyses found a 32% increase in pain threshold and a 33% increase in pain tolerance, accompanied by increased ratings for emotion, humour and distraction, relative to the neutral word condition. The new “swear” words, “fouch” and “twizpipe” were rated higher than the neutral word for emotion and humour although these words did not affect pain threshold or tolerance. Changes in heart rate, pain perception and were absent, as were mediation effects.Conclusions: Our data replicate previous findings that repeating a swear word at a steady pace and volume benefits pain tolerance, extending this finding to pain threshold. Our data cannot explain how such effects are manifest, although distraction appears to be of little importance, and emotion is worthy of future study. The new “swear” words did not alleviate pain even though participants rated them as emotion evoking and humorous.

SUPER scale to the rescue: reconciling what parents say and what they communicate during their child’s pain

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Rachel L Moline ◽  
Kaytlin L Constantin ◽  
Megan N Gauthier ◽  
Deborah M Powell ◽  
C Meghan McMurtry
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Nonverbal Communication ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Nonverbal Behaviors ◽  
Parent Behaviors ◽  
Cold Pressor Task ◽  
Vocal Cues

Aim: Fully illuminating mechanisms relating parent behaviors to child pain require examining both verbal and nonverbal communication. We conducted a multimethod investigation into parent nonverbal communication and physiology, and investigated the psychometric properties of the Scheme for Understanding Parent Emotive Responses Scale to assess parent nonverbals accompanying reassurance and distraction. Materials & methods: 23 children (7–12 years of age) completed the cold pressor task with their parent (predominately mothers). Parent heart rate and heart rate variability were monitored and assessed. The Scheme for Understanding Parent Emotive Responses Scale coding of parent nonverbal behaviors (i.e., vocal cues, facial expressions, posture) was used to detect levels of fear, warmth, disengagement and humor. Results & conclusion: Preliminary evidence for the psychometric properties of the scale are offered. Parent reassurance was associated with more fear, less warmth and less humor compared with distraction.

Differences in High and Low Anxiety Sensitive Women's Responses to a Laboratory‐Based Cold Pressor Task

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay S. Uman ◽  
Sherry H. Stewart ◽  
Margo C. Watt ◽  
Amber Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Cold Pressor Task

scholarly journals Amygdala functional connectivity is reduced after the cold pressor task

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Clewett ◽  
Andrej Schoeke ◽  
Mara Mather
Keyword(s):  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Cold Pressor Task

scholarly journals Parent Cardiac Response in the Context of Their Child’s Completion of the Cold Pressor Task: A Pilot Study

Children ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaytlin Constantin ◽  
Rachel Moline ◽  
C. McMurtry ◽  
Heidi Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Cardiac Response ◽  
Cold Pressor Task

scholarly journals An investigation into enlarging and reducing the size of mirror reflections of the hand on experimentally-induced cold-pressor pain in healthy human participants

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark I Johnson ◽  
Manish Gohil
Keyword(s):  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Cold Pressor ◽  
Threshold Intensity ◽  
Healthy Human ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Mirror Visual Feedback ◽  
Cold Pressor Pain ◽  
Human Participants ◽  
Experimentally Induced

AbstractBackground and aimsMirror visual feedback may be a useful clinical tool for reducing pain. Research suggests that reducing the size of a non-painful reflected hand can alleviate complex regional pain syndrome in the affected hand that is out of view. In contrast, research on healthy humans exposed to experimentally induced pain suggests that reducing the appearance of the size of a reflected body part can increase pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of enlarging and reducing the visual appearance of the size of a hand using mirror visual feedback on pain threshold, intensity and tolerance in healthy human participants exposed to cold-pressor pain.MethodsParticipants were a convenience sample of 20 unpaid, healthy pain free volunteers aged 18 years or above. Each participant took part in one experiment where they completed cold-pressor pain tests whilst observing normal, enlarged and reduced size reflections of a hand congruent to a hand immersed in the ice cold water. A 4 × 2 factorial repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed on time to pain threshold and pain tolerance, and pain intensity with Condition (four levels: no reflection, reduced reflection, normal reflection, enlarged reflection) being the within-subject factors and Sex (two levels: female, male) between-subject factors.ResultsThere were no significant effects for Condition, Sex, or Condition × Sex interaction for pain threshold, intensity or tolerance (p > 0.05). There were no significant differences between the 3 mirror reflection conditions for agreement with the statements: “It felt like I was looking directly at my hand rather than at a mirror image”; “It felt like the hand I was looking at was my hand”; and “Did it seem like the hand you saw was a right hand or a left hand?”. ConclusionEnlarging or reducing the size of a hand using mirror visual feedback did not alter pain perception in healthy human participants exposed to cold-pressor pain. The different sizes of hands generated by mirror visual feedback created an illusion of looking at their own hand but this was not as strong as looking directly at the hand.ImplicationsIn future, investigators and clinicians using mirror visual feedback may consider including an adaptive phase to ensure the reflection has been perceptually embodied. Reasons for the lack of effects are explored to inspire further research in the field.

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