ReviewJournal of pain research2017
Experimental and procedural pain responses in primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Changes in hormones and experimental pain sensitivity in healthy girls: an exploratory longitudinal pilot study.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Exploring predictors of analgesic response in adult women regularly using NSAIDs: insights from a machine learning approach.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pain Neuroscience Education Versus Biomedical Pain Education with Exercise in Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Influence of the Menstrual Cycle on Electrical Thresholds for Sensory and Pain Perception: Implications for Exercise and Rehabilitation in Women With and Without Primary Dysmenorrhea-A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- A multidimensional appraisal of early menstrual pain experience.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024Article
- Development and initial validation of the menstrual sensitivity index.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2024Article
- The effect of dysmenorrhea severity and interference on reactions to experimentally-induced pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Wrist-ankle acupuncture for primary dysmenorrhea: a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an analgesic strap.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Adaptive neuroplasticity in the default mode network contributing to absence of central sensitization in primary dysmenorrhea.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Prevalence of chronic pelvic pain and primary dysmenorrhea in women of reproductive age in Ecuador.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Does Dysmenorrhea Affect Clinical Features and Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Patients With Ovarian Endometriosis? A 12-Year Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Cortical Mechanisms of Visual Hypersensitivity in Women at Risk for Chronic Pelvic Pain.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2021Article
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- Ecological Momentary Assessment of Non-Menstrual Pelvic Pain: Potential Pathways of Central Sensitization in Adolescents and Young Adults with and without Primary Dysmenorrhea.Journal of pain research · 2020Article
- Toll-Like Receptor Responsiveness of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Young Women with Dysmenorrhea.Journal of pain research · 2020Article
- Experimental evaluation of central pain processes in young women with primary dysmenorrhea.Pain · 2019Article
- A Prospective Six-Month Study of Chronic Pain Sufferers: A Novel OTC Neuromodulation Therapy.Pain research & management · 2019Article
- The comorbidities of dysmenorrhea: a clinical survey comparing symptom profile in women with and without endometriosis.Journal of pain research · 2018Article
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Abstract
Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) has been the focus of a number of experimental pain studies. Although a number of reviews exist, few have critically evaluated the existing body of research on PD and experimental and procedural pain. Data from 19 published research articles that include women with PD and responses to an experimental or procedural pain stimulus (or stimuli) suggest that women with PD may have elevated pain reactivity, as compared to women without PD. This pattern appears to be true across different phases of the menstrual cycle. However, there is an abundance of conflicting findings, which may be due to significant methodological issues such as inconsistent definitions of PD, wide variation in experimental pain methodologies, and inaccurate assessment of the menstrual cycle. Future research should focus on identifying specific symptoms (i.e., pain threshold ratings) to more clearly define what constitutes PD, establish reliable and valid laboratory testing protocols, and assess the menstrual cycle with greater precision.
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