Table 1.
Pain threshold and pain tolerance
| Sites | Day 1
|
Day 2
|
Day 3
|
P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | ||
| Threshold (degree) | |||||||
| Proximal medial volar forearm of nondominant hand (site 1) | 44.9±1.6 | 44.9±2.2 | 44.3±2.6 | 44.6±2.3 | 44.6±2.0 | 44.5±2.3 | NS |
| Distal medial volar forearm of nondominant hand (site 2) | 44.9±1.9 | 44.6±1.0 | 44.1±1.6 | 43.8±2.2 | 44.4±2.1 | 44.0±1.8 | NS |
| Proximal medial volar forearm of dominant hand (site 3) | 44.7±1.6 | 44.2±2.0 | 44.3±2.1 | 42.9±3.3 | 44.6±2.1 | 43.9±3.0 | NS |
| Tolerance (degree) | |||||||
| Proximal medial volar forearm of nondominant hand (site 1) | 48.8±1.5 | 49.2±1.1 | 49.1±2.3 | 49.2±2.0 | 49.0±1.7 | 49.7±1.8 | NS |
| Distal medial volar forearm of nondominant hand (site 2) | 48.9±1.3 | 48.8±1.0 | 48.6±2.2 | 49.0±1.5 | 49.3±1.6 | 49.2±1.6 | NS |
| Proximal medial volar forearm of dominant hand (site 3) | 49.1±2.1 | 48.7±1.6 | 48.8±2.6 | 48.4±2.5 | 49.1±2.0 | 49.1±2.3 | NS |
Note: Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
Abbreviation: NS, not significant.