“…One of the most thoroughly investigated methods, the submaximum-effort tourniquet technique (Smith & Beecher 1969) gave results which however could not be confirmed by others (Moore, Weissman, Thomas & Whitman, 1971; Adler & Lomazzi, 1974;Adler Gervasi, Holzer & Hermeler, (1974). Taking into account these conflicting results, pathological ischaemic pain was used to study analgesic activity of two non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs, indoprofen (Nannini, Giraldi, Molgora, Biasoli, Spinelli, Logemann, Dradi, Zanni, Buttinoni & Tommasini, 1973;Buttinoni, Cuttica, Franceschini, Mandelli, Orsini, Passerini, Turba & Tommasini, 1973) and ibuprofen (Lewis, 1975;Martindale, 1977) given orally in single doses, compared with placebo. Ibuprofen has been already examined as an analgesic in a non arthritic disorder i.e.…”