A Quantitative Analysis of Pressure Pain Threshold and Pain Tolerance In Different Trimesters of Pregnancy and Relation with Ovarian Sex Hormones

• Main Authors: Ebru Öztürk (Author), Lutfiye Pirbudak Cocel (Author), Mete Gürol Uğur (Author), Seval Kul (Author), Ayşe Berbağcı (Author), Pınar Erdaloğlu (Author), Sevgi Sarı Demir (Author), Özcan Balat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Network, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

OBJECTIVE: To define the Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT) and pain tolerance (PT) at different trigger points in different trimesters of healthy pregnants and non-pregnants STUDY DESIGN: A prospective, controlled study of ten women in the first, 16 women in the second and 16 women in the third trimeste...