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When the stimulus profiles (duration, site, and area) are well associated, exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH) is greater for mechanical vs thermal stimuli.
As per the findings
of a recent analysis published in the journal Pain Medicine, the aerobic
exercise found to be more efficacious towards mechanical pain sensitivity as
compared to the thermal pain sensitivity. This is the first type of analysis
that examine exercise impacts on heat and pressure pain utilising the same
stimulation pattern and site.
Exercise intensely decreases the pain within healthy individuals and this phenomenon is known as exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH). Although the hypoalgesic impacts of exercise are well established, there are contradictory verdicts for diverse types of pain; particularly in mechanical vs thermal noxious stimuli. Therefore, this analysis aimed to define a) the impact of aerobic exercise on heat and pressure pain thresholds with a well-balanced spatial and earthly profile and b) whether changes in the nociceptive pathways excitability measured by applying laser-evoked potentials with exercise-induced hypoalgesia.
A total of 16 participants were selected. Heat pain thresholds (HPTs), pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), pain ratings, and laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) during noxious laser stimulation were measured before and following the exercise, and also prior and following an equivalent span of light activity.
A substantial increase was seen in pressure pain thresholds after the exercise
as compared to heat pain thresholds. Laser heat pain ratings and laser-evoked
potentials also changed slightly following the exercise. These outcomes explain
a significant change in mechanical pain sensitivity with exercise intervention.
Pain Medicine
Aerobic Exercise Reduces Pressure More Than Heat Pain Sensitivity in Healthy Adults.
Matthew D. Jones et al.
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