One of the most common symptoms in dental clinic is pain. The pain behavior is very variable because it is subjective and influenced by many factors such as sex, age, race, religion, etc. The purpose of this study is to evaluate effect of the competition on pain threshold and pain tolerance.
A sample consisted of 55 individuals (24 males, 31 females) ranged from 23 to 32 years old. In the first session, the subjects were requested to place their each nondominant and dominant hand in ice water(0-2℃) and to raise the other hand when they feel the first pain and to leave it there until the pain reached an intolerable level. After 1 week, subjects were fully informed the purpose of this study which sex can endure the pain longer. We compared the first and the second session of the cold pressor pain threshold and tolerance time.
The obtained Results were as follows ;
1. Cold pain threshold was not significantly different between sex and hand group.
2. In male´s dominant hand group, cold pain tolerance time was significantly longer after competition.
3. In the dominant hand group, cold pain tolerance time of the male was significantly longer than females after competition.
This study showed that competition can change the cold pain tolerance.
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