The effect of a session of exercise of moderate intensity level on pressure pain thresholds in healthy women

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-20

  Kendall, S Aspergren ^a,c   Borgeson A ^a   Karlsson, E ^a   Gerdle, Björn ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exercise; Pain thresholds; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENSTRUATION; MYALGIA; NECK MUSCLE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0037269003     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190310005762     Document Type: Article

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