Qualitative sex differences in pain processing: emerging evidence of a biased literature

JS Mogil - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Although most patients with chronic pain are women, the preclinical literature regarding pain
processing and the pathophysiology of chronic pain has historically been derived …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise-induced hypoalgesia in pain-free and chronic pain populations: state of the art and future directions

D Rice, J Nijs, E Kosek, T Wideman, MI Hasenbring… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Exercise is considered an important component of effective chronic pain management and it
is well-established that long-term exercise training provides pain relief. In healthy, pain-free …

Gender differences in temporomandibular disorders in adult populational studies: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

CH Bueno, DD Pereira, MP Pattussi… - Journal of oral …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to systematically evaluate gender differences in the
prevalence of TMD. A systematic review was performed in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of …

[HTML][HTML] Cut-off points for mild, moderate, and severe pain on the numeric rating scale for pain in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: variability and influence of …

AM Boonstra, RE Stewart, AJA Köke… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: The 0–10 Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) is often used in pain management. The
aims of our study were to determine the cut-off points for mild, moderate, and severe pain in …

TFOS DEWS II sex, gender, and hormones report

DA Sullivan, EM Rocha, P Aragona, JA Clayton, J Ding… - The ocular …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the most compelling features of dry eye disease (DED) is that it occurs more
frequently in women than men. In fact, the female sex is a significant risk factor for the …

Sex differences in pain: a brief review of clinical and experimental findings

EJ Bartley, RB Fillingim - British journal of anaesthesia, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Recent years have witnessed substantially increased research regarding sex differences in
pain. The expansive body of literature in this area clearly suggests that men and women …

Gender differences in pain and its relief

S Pieretti, A Di Giannuario… - Annali dell'Istituto …, 2016 - iris.uniroma1.it
There is much evidence to suggest that gender is an important factor in the modulation of
pain. Literature data strongly suggest that men and women differ in their responses to pain …

Sex differences in pain

RE Sorge, SK Totsch - Journal of neuroscience research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Females greatly outnumber males as sufferers of chronic pain. Although social and
psychological factors certainly play a role in the differences in prevalence and incidence …

Sex differences in pain and pain inhibition: multiple explanations of a controversial phenomenon

JS Mogil - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
A clear majority of patients with chronic pain are women; however, it has been surprisingly
difficult to determine whether this sex bias corresponds to actual sex differences in pain …

Sex differences in neuroimmunity and pain

S Rosen, B Ham, JS Mogil - Journal of neuroscience research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Differences in the prevalence of chronic pain in women vs. men are well known, and
decades of laboratory experimentation have demonstrated that women are more sensitive to …