| Abstract: | INVESTIGATED A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING PAIN TOLERANCE IN HUMANS. THE STANDARD TOLERANCE-DETERMINATION TECHNIQUE, IN WHICH A PAINFUL STIMULUS IS GRADUALLY INCREASED IN INTENSITY UNTIL S WITHDRAWS FROM IT, PRESENTS A NUMBER OF CONCEPTUAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. THE STIMULUS INTENSITY WAS HELD CONSTANT AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE TOLERANCE LEVEL. THE EXTENT TO WHICH 24 MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS PUSHED THEIR FINGERS AGAINST A 67.5DEGREES C CONTACT OVER A 32-SEC PERIOD WAS MEASURED AND FOUND TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER UNDER THE EFFECT OF 3 GRAIN OF CODEINE THAN A PLACEBO. SUGGESTIONS ARE OFFERED FOR REFINING THE SUPRATOLERANCE PROCEDURE AND DEFINING THE TERM PAIN TOLERANCE. (FRENCH SUMMARY) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
