Effect of isometric exercise on pain perception and blood pressure in men and women

Koltyn, Kelli F.; Trine, M. R.; Stegner, Aaron J.; Tobar, David A.

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“…18 The state portion of the STAI was administered three times, before the initial pain test and again immediately after each of the two pressure pain tests. Because performance of maximal voluntary contractions (MVC) has been found to influence pain reports in young 9,14 and older 21 adults, determination of left elbow flexor MVC force was performed during the of Sports Medicine and permission has been granted for this version to appear in e-Publications@Marquette. American College of Sports Medicine does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from American College of Sports Medicine.…”

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Conditioned Pain Modulation Predicts Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Healthy Adults

Lemley

Hunter

Bement

2015

Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise

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Introduction: Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is the concept that pain inhibits pain and has potential rehabilitation implications for exercise prescription. The purpose of this study was to determine whether changes in pressure pain perception after a thermal conditioning stimulus (i.e., CPM) was attenuated with aging and whether CPM predicted pain relief after exercise (exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH)) in healthy young and older adults.

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Conditioned Pain Modulation Predicts Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Healthy Adults

Lemley

Hunter

Bement

2015

Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise

112

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“…Both distraction and stress can independently reduce pain (Fernandez and Turk 1989;Fields and Basbaum 1999) and are likely to contribute to pain-evoked hypoalgesia, as painful stimuli are not only painful but also distracting and stressful. Sex differences in both distraction- (Weisenberg et al 1995;Bentsen et al 1999;Unrod et al 2004) and stress-evoked hypoalgesia (Koltyn et al 2001;Rhudy and Meagher 2001;Sternberg et al 2001;Girdler et al 2005) have been reported. Thus, pain-evoked hypoalgesia may represent the combined effects of multiple sex-sensitive factors.…”

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Sex differences in endogenous pain modulation by distracting and painful conditioning stimulation

Quiton

Greenspan

2007

Pain

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Sex differences in endogenous pain modulation were tested in healthy volunteers (32 men, 30 women). Painful contact heat stimuli were delivered to the right leg alone, and then in combination with various electrical conditioning stimuli delivered to the left forearm. Four conditioning protocols were applied to each subject in separate sessions: mild, nonpainful (control); distracting; stressfulyet-nonpainful; strongly painful. Thermal stimuli were rated on visual analog scales for pain intensity (INT) and unpleasantness (UNP). Distracting and painful conditioning stimuli significantly reduced heat pain INT and UNP ratings for both sexes, with significantly larger distraction effects on INT ratings for men than women (p=0.004). No sex differences in pain-evoked hypoalgesia were detected (p>0.05). The stress protocol did not consistently reduce heat pain ratings, possibly because the protocol was not sufficiently stressful to activate endogenous modulatory systems. Regression analysis revealed that the magnitude of pain-evoked hypoalgesia was predicted by the perceived distraction (p=0.003) and stress (p=0.04) produced by the painful conditioning stimulation, providing evidence that distraction and stress contribute to pain-evoked hypoalgesia. However, the contribution of stress to pain-evoked hypoalgesia differed by sex (p=0.02), with greater perceived stress associated with greater hypoalgesia in men and the opposite trend in women, suggesting sex differences in the mechanisms underlying pain-evoked hypoalgesia. This study provides indirect evidence that multiple neural mechanisms are involved in endogenous pain modulation and suggests that sex-specific aspects of these systems may contribute to greater pain sensitivity and higher prevalence of many chronic pain conditions among women.

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“…35 In addition, women have higher pain responses to pressure applied onto muscles than men 1,5,7,25,32,43,44,67 with an exception located. 51 Furthermore, women have greater muscle pain in response to intramuscular injections of algesic substances than men 4,27,79 with one exception located.…”

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Sex Differences in Muscle Pain: Self-Care Behaviors and Effects on Daily Activities

Dannecker

Knoll

Robinson

2008

The Journal of Pain

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Women have a higher prevalence of fibromyalgia and myofascial pain than men, but sex differences in muscle pain are inconsistently detected. We examined sex differences in ratings and effects of recalled and experimentally-induced muscle pain. In Study 1 (N = 188), participants completed a questionnaire about recalled muscle pain. In Study 2 (N = 55), participants' described muscle pain from an exercise stimulus across three days by telephone. Muscle pain ratings, self-care behaviors for muscle pain, and effects of muscle pain on activities were measured. No significant sex differences were found except that women tended to view exercise as more effective for decreasing muscle pain than men (F 1, 187 = 5.43, p = .02, η 2 = .03), fewer women performed exercise for induced muscle pain than men, and women's activity interference was significantly higher than men's at the third day post-exercise (F 2 , 42 = 6.54, p= .01, η 2 = .14). These findings support the absence of meaningful sex differences in muscle pain ratings. However, additional investigations are needed that consider the daily activities completed by people and the prevalence and incidence of performing a wide range of self-care behaviors for pain.Perspective: These studies support that sex differences are not present in recalled and experimentally-induced muscle pain ratings. Therefore, we must be cautious about generalizing the musculoskeletal pain literature to muscle pain. Additional research is needed to interpret potential sex differences in self-care behaviors for muscle pain and activity interference from muscle pain. KeywordsGender; delayed-onset muscle soreness; self-management Fibromyalgia 40,77 and myofascial pain 66 are more prevalent in women than men and the only located epidemiological study of muscle pain within a community sample (N = 780) found that women were more likely to report muscle pain than men. 35 In addition, women have higher pain responses to pressure applied onto muscles than men 1,5,7,25,32,43,44,67 with an exception located. 51 Furthermore, women have greater muscle pain in response to intramuscular injections of algesic substances than men 4,27,79 with one exception located.Address Correspondence to: Erin A. Dannecker, Ph.D., ATC, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Physical Therapy, 106 Lewis Hall, Columbia, Phone: (573) Fax: (573) 884-8369, Email: danneckere@missouri.edu. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. In contrast, sex differences in movement-induced muscle pain are inconsistently detected. For example, women reported less muscle pain dur...

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Effect of isometric exercise on pain perception and blood pressure in men and women

Abstract: It is concluded that: 1) men and women differed in PT, SBP, and DBP before ISO EX; and 2) analgesia after ISO EX is observed more consistently in women.

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Conditioned Pain Modulation Predicts Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Healthy Adults

Conditioned Pain Modulation Predicts Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Healthy Adults

Sex differences in endogenous pain modulation by distracting and painful conditioning stimulation

Sex Differences in Muscle Pain: Self-Care Behaviors and Effects on Daily Activities

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