Open AccessCuff Pressure Pain Detection Is Associated with Both Sex and Physical Activity Level in Nonathletic Healthy Subjects
Author(s) -
Dag Lemming,
Björn Börsbo,
Anna Sjörs,
Eva-Britt Lind,
Lars ArendtNielsen,
Thomas GravenNielsen,
Björn Gerdle
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnw309
Subject(s) - cuff , medicine , visual analogue scale , anesthesia , physical therapy , threshold of pain , intensity (physics) , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of this study was to evaluate pressure pain sensitivity on leg and arm in 98 healthy persons (50 women) using cuff algometry. Furthermore, associations with sex and physical activity level were investigated.
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