Aerobic training increases pain tolerance in healthy individuals

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1640-1647

  Jones, Matthew D ^a   Booth, John ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a,b   Barry, Benjamin K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic exercise; Hypoalgesia; Ischemic pain; Pain rating; Pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; CYCLING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; BICYCLING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904619443     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000273     Document Type: Article

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