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

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Title
Single-Point but Not Tonic Cuff Pressure Pain Sensitivity Is Associated with Level of Physical Fitness – A Study of Non-Athletic Healthy Subjects
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PLOS ONE, May 2015
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0125432
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Dag Lemming, Björn Börsbo, Anna Sjörs, Eva-Britt Lind, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Thomas Graven-Nielsen, Björn Gerdle

Abstract

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), highly active women (n=27) and normally active women (n=23) based on the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire. Cuff pressure pain sensitivity was assessed at the arm and lower leg. The subjects scored the pain intensity on an electronic Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) during ten minutes with 25 kPa constant cuff pressure and two minutes with zero pressure. The maximal VAS score and area under the VAS-curve were extracted. Pressure pain thresholds (PPT) were recorded by manual pressure algometry on the ipsilateral tibialis anterior muscle before, during and after the tonic arm stimulation. Tonic cuff stimulation of the arm and leg resulted in higher VAS peak scores in women compared with men (p<0.04). In all groups the PPTs were reduced during and after the cuff stimulation compared with baseline (p=0.001). PPT were higher in men compared with women (p=0.03) and higher in highly physical active compared with normal active (p=0.048). Besides the well-known gender difference in pressure pain sensitivity this study demonstrates that a high physical fitness degree in non-athletic subjects is associated with increased pressure pain thresholds but does not affect cuff pressure pain sensitivity in healthy people.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 1%
Denmark 1 1%
Unknown 73 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 21%
Student > Bachelor 16 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 19%
Researcher 10 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 4%
Other 9 12%
Unknown 7 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 28%
Nursing and Health Professions 18 24%
Sports and Recreations 8 11%
Psychology 6 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 4%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 14 19%
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