Table 2.

Variance (standard deviation²) of heat pain threshold and number of stimuli tolerated.

		Study day
Site and time of assessment		1	2
Heat pain threshold (°C)
Left hand	0 and 2 h	0.18	0.33
	0 and 6 h	0.27	0.20
Right hand	0 and 2 h	0.18	0.20
	0 and 6 h	0.55	0.24
Number of stimuli tolerated
Left hand	0 and 2 h	11.9	4.6
	0 and 6 h	15.1	3.3
Right hand	0 and 2 h	12.6	6.8
	0 and 6 h	6.5	2.6