PMID- 10700344
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20191120
IS  - 1532-2149 (Electronic)
IS  - 1090-3801 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
DP  - 1999 Jun
TI  - Pressure pain thresholds asymmetry in left- and right-handers: Associations with 
      behavioural measures of cerebral laterality.
PG  - 151-156
AB  - Pressure pain threshold (PPT) asymmetry of the left and right third digits was 
      assessed in 12 right-handed and 12 left-handed subjects using an automatised 
      pressure algometer. A clear PPT asymmetry was found in right-handed participants, 
      while left-handed participants revealed no PPT asymmetry. The PPT asymmetry of 
      right-handed participants was due to a reduced PPT or increased pain sensitivity 
      at the left hand. Behavioural laterality tests revealed a right ear or left 
      hemisphere advantage for the processing of verbal material (consonant-vocal 
      syllables) and a left visual field or right hemisphere advantage for the 
      processing of emotional faces in all participants. PPT asymmetry was not 
      associated with cerebral laterality assessed with these tests. We conclude that 
      PPT asymmetry is associated with handedness, but neither PPT asymmetry nor 
      handedness are closely associated with measures of cerebral laterality. Copyright 
      1999 European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the 
      Study of Pain.
FAU - Pauli, P
AU  - Pauli P
AD  - Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of 
      Tubingen, Gartenstr. 29, Tubingen, D-72074, Germany
FAU - Wiedemann, G
AU  - Wiedemann G
FAU - Nickola, M
AU  - Nickola M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Eur J Pain
JT  - European journal of pain (London, England)
JID - 9801774
EDAT- 2000/03/04 00:00
MHDA- 2000/03/04 00:00
CRDT- 2000/03/04 00:00
PHST- 2000/03/04 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/03/04 00:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/03/04 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S1090-3801(99)90108-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1053/eujp.1999.0108 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Pain. 1999 Jun;3(2):151-156. doi: 10.1053/eujp.1999.0108.