Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia

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• Exercise-induced hypoalgesia is defined as a transient reduction in pain sensitivity after one exercise bout. — Efficacy of an acute bout of isometric wall squat exercise on pain sensitivity and clinical pain intensity in adults with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial in outpatient physiotherapy clinics in Saudi Arabia
• The higher-dose ISO-MR protocol produced systemic hypoalgesia across calf, lumbar, and forearm sites. — Efficacy of an acute bout of isometric wall squat exercise on pain sensitivity and clinical pain intensity in adults with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial in outpatient physiotherapy clinics in Saudi Arabia
• EIH is generally short term, lasting from minutes to a few hours. — Efficacy of an acute bout of isometric wall squat exercise on pain sensitivity and clinical pain intensity in adults with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial in outpatient physiotherapy clinics in Saudi Arabia
• The article attributes EIH to central inhibitory mechanisms and central nervous system pain processing modulation. — Efficacy of an acute bout of isometric wall squat exercise on pain sensitivity and clinical pain intensity in adults with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial in outpatient physiotherapy clinics in Saudi Arabia
• Remote hypoalgesia in the ISO-MR group is interpreted as evidence for centrally mediated rather than purely peripheral effects. — Efficacy of an acute bout of isometric wall squat exercise on pain sensitivity and clinical pain intensity in adults with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial in outpatient physiotherapy clinics in Saudi Arabia