The Relationship between Acculturation and Experimental Pain Sensitivity in Asian Americans with Knee Osteoarthritis

Multiple studies in healthy populations and clinical samples have shown that ethnic minorities have greater pain sensitivity than their majority counterparts. Acculturation is speculated to be one of the sociocultural factors contributing to pain sensitivity since cultural beliefs and practices can...

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Main Authors: Hyochol Ahn, Setor K. Sorkpor, Miyong Kim, Hongyu Miao, Chengxue Zhong, Jing Wang, Debra Lyon, Roger B. Fillingim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9128015
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