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22-03-2017

Brief submaximal isometric exercise improves cold pressor pain tolerance

Auteurs: Emily Foxen-Craft, Lynnda M. Dahlquist

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Uitgave 5/2017

Abstract

Exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH), or the inhibition of pain following physical exercise, has been demonstrated in adults, but its mechanisms have remained unclear due to variations in methodology. This study aimed to address methodological imitations of past studies and contribute to the literature demonstrating the generalizability of EIH to brief submaximal isometric exercise and cold pressor pain. Young adults (n = 134) completed a baseline cold pressor trial, maximal voluntary contraction (hand grip strength) assessment, 10-min rest, and either a 2-min submaximal isometric handgrip exercise or a sham exercise in which no force was exerted, followed by a cold pressor posttest. Results indicated that cold pressor pain tolerance significantly increased during the exercise condition, but not during the sham exercise condition. Exercise did not affect pain intensity and marginally affected pain unpleasantness ratings. These findings suggest that submaximal isometric exercise can improve cold pressor pain tolerance but may have an inconsistent analgesic effect on ratings of cold pressor pain.

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The primary dependent variable of interest in the present study was pain tolerance. It has been argued that assessing pain intensity and unpleasantness ratings concurrent with cold water immersion may interfere with pain tolerance assessment by either decreasing pain tolerance by drawing attention to pain, or increasing pain tolerance by distracting from the painful stimulus (von Baeyer et al. (2005). Therefore, we elected to assess pain intensity at the end of the cold pressor trial, which is consistent with the methodology used by Vaegter et al. (2014).

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Titel: Brief submaximal isometric exercise improves cold pressor pain tolerance
Auteurs: Emily Foxen-Craft
Lynnda M. Dahlquist
Publicatiedatum: 22-03-2017
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Uitgave 5/2017
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-017-9842-2

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