Does aerobic exercise improve pain perception and mood? A review of the evidence related to healthy and chronic pain subjects

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-97

  Hoffman, Martin D ^a   Hoffman, Debi Rufi ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MOOD DISORDER; NOCICEPTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AFFECT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 34047251342     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-007-0004-z     Document Type: Review

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