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norskBlar i forfatter "Melum, Tonje Anita"
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Aspects of brain health and pain tolerance in a general population
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2024-02-15)Pain is a major burden both for affected individuals and for society. While it has been established that processing in the brain is key to the experience of pain, most of the research is done in healthy volunteers or patients with specific pain conditions. Less is known about how the status of the brain may relate to pain sensitivity in the general population. While clinical pain can differ because ... -
Associations between cognitive test scores and pain tolerance: The Tromsø study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-18)The aim of this study is to assess this relationship in a large population-based sample.<p> <p>Methods ‒ We included 5,753 participants (aged 40–84 years) from the seventh wave of the population-based Tromsø Study who had been examined with cognitive tests and experimental pain assessments, and for whom informa tion on covariates were available. Cox regression models were fitted using standardized ... -
Pain tolerance after stroke: The Tromsø study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2023-05-11)Background: Stroke lesions might alter pain processing and modulation by affecting the widely distributed network of brain regions involved. We aimed to compare pain tolerance in stroke survivors and stroke-free persons in the general population, with and without chronic pain.<p> <p>Methods: We included all participants of the sixth and seventh wave of the population-based Tromsø Study who had ... -
Sykdomsbegrepets betydning
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2006-09)
