Exercise-induced analgesia is a phenomenon discussed worldwide. This effect began to be
investigated in the early 1970s in healthy individuals and rodents during and after an acute …

Physical activity has become a first-line treatment in rehabilitation settings for individuals
with chronic pain. However, research has only recently begun to elucidate the mechanisms …

Over the past 20 years a number of studies have examined whether analgesia occurs
following exercise. Exercise involving running and cycling have been examined most often …

Exercise is an integral part of the rehabilitation of patients suffering a variety of chronic
musculoskeletal conditions, such as fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain and myofascial …

There is evidence for long-term alterations in pain tolerance among athletes compared with
normally active controls. However, scientific data on pain thresholds in this population are …

Physical exercise, such as forced treadmill running and swimming, can sufficiently improve
mechanical allodynia and heat hyperalgesia in animal models of neuropathic pain (NPP) …

Background Exercise is often prescribed as a therapy for chronic pain. Short-term exercise
briefly increases the production of endogenous analgesics, leading to transient …

The present study was designed to evaluate whether pain perception and pain tolerance are
altered by submaximal aerobic exercise. Sixty male volunteers were randomly assigned to …

This study was designed to investigate whether post‐exercise analgesia occurs following an
ad lib exercise routine. All of the 17 male participants exercised on a regular basis. In an …

Endurance exercise is known to promote sustained antinociceptive effects, and there is
evidence that the reduction of pain perception mediated by exercise is driven by central …