Single-Point but Not Tonic Cuff Pressure Pain Sensitivity Is Associated with Level of Physical Fitness – A Study of Non-Athletic Healthy Subjects

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 5; p. e0125432
• Main Authors: Lemming, Dag, Börsbo, Björn, Sjörs, Anna, Lind, Eva-Britt, Arendt-Nielsen, Lars, Graven-Nielsen, Thomas, Gerdle, Björn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.05.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Area Under Curve; Arm; Athletes; Conditioning; Cuff algometry; Ethics; Exercise; Experimental pain; Female; Fibromyalgia; Gender differences; Health sciences; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Joint surgery; Laboratories; Leg; Male; Medicine; Men; Mens health; Middle Aged; Muscles; Pain; Pain - physiopathology; Pain assessment; Pain Measurement; Pain sensitivity; Pain Threshold; Physical activity; Physical Fitness; Physical training; Pressure; Rehabilitation; Sensitivity; Sensitivity analysis; Skeletal muscle; Stimulation; Studies; Systematic review; Thresholds; Tibialis anterior muscle; Time Factors; Tonic muscle pressure sensitivity; Women; Young Adult

Exercise is often used for pain rehabilitation but the link between physical activity level and pain sensitivity is still not fully understood. Pressure pain sensitivity to cuff algometry and conditioned pain modulation (CPM) were evaluated in highly active men (n=22), normally active men (n=26), hi...