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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2010 Jan 13;148(3):454–461. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.12.005

Table 2.

ACTH levels in response to pain testing.

Neuroendocrine and cardio vascular measure Thermal stimuli (IBS) Mechanical stimuli (IBS) Ischemic stimuli (IBS) Cold 4 °C stimuli (IBS) Thermal stimuli (controls) Mechanical stimuli (controls) Ischemic stimuli (controls) Cold 4 °C stimuli (controls)
ACTH (pg mL−1) Baseline (before test) 16.00 ± 11.4 17.34 ± 10.7 15.97 ± 9.6 16.61 ± 10.3 19.03 ± 10.6 17.47 ± 8.7 18.21 ± 8.0 19.10 ± 7.4
ACTH (pg mL−1) Post test 19.22 ± 11.9 19.54 ± 10.3 42.03 ± 14.5 34.44 ± 13.6 20.0 ± 11.9 20.36 ± 9.0 21.05 ± 11.5 20.11 ± 8.5