Table 3.
Pressure pain thresholds and cold water pain during the conditioned pain modulation test
Opioid users | Non-users | p | |
CPM: Trial 1 | |||
PPTh-Pre | 373.5 (195.9) | 326.1 (120.2) | < .05 |
Cold water pain | 52.2 (24.9) | 64.35 (26.5) | ns |
PPTh-Post | 448.3 (234.9) | 422.8 (160.5) | ns |
CPM: Trial 2 | |||
PPTh-Pre | 449.7 (223.1) | 331.9 (120.9) | < .05 |
Cold water pain | 58.2 (26.3) | 68.7 (25.1) | ns |
PPTh-Post | 517.3 (260.7) | 388.1 (137.9) | < .05 |
Note: PPTh-Pre: pressure pain thresholds before the water bath; Cold water pain: pain ratings during the water bath; PPTh-Pre: Pressure pain thresholds 20 seconds after cold pain (i.e., water bath) onset; Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations.