Exercise is considered an important component of effective chronic pain management and it
is well-established that long-term exercise training provides pain relief. In healthy, pain-free …

Exercise and physical activity is recommended treatment for a wide range of chronic pain
conditions. In addition to several well-documented effects on physical and mental health, 8 …

Studies have suggested that quantitative sensory testing (QST) might hold a predictive value
for the development of chronic postoperative pain and the response to pharmacological …

Exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH) is a reduction in pain that occurs during or following
exercise. Randomized controlled studies published from 1980 to January 2020 that …

Objectives: Normal efficiency of exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH) has been demonstrated
in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), while recent evidence suggests that EIH may be …

The utilization of physical activity as a therapeutic tool is rapidly growing in the medical
community and the role exercise may offer in the alleviation of painful disease states is an …

Objectives: Chronic pain after total knee replacement (TKR) is not uncommon. Preoperative
impaired conditioning pain modulation (CPM) has been used to predict chronic …

Background Studies assessing athletes' pain sensitivity yield inconsistent data, which
demonstrate either increased pain threshold and tolerance in athletes than controls or …

Objective Physically active individuals show greater conditioned pain modulation (CPM)
compared with less active individuals. Understanding the effects of acute exercise on CPM …

Objective Exercise increases pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) in exercising and
nonexercising muscles, known as exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH). No studies have …