Beneficial Effects of Regular Physical Activity on Exercise-Induced Analgesia in Adolescent Males

To evaluate exercise-induced analgesia (EIA) effectiveness in healthy adolescent males and to investigate possible associations between EIA and physiological/psychological variables. Twenty-eight healthy adolescent males (14-17 y) participated in this study. EIA was evaluated by comparing perception...

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Published in:Pediatric exercise science 2019-11, Vol.31 (4), p.425-431
Main Authors: St-Aubin, Marc-Olivier, Chalaye, Philippe, Counil, François-Pierre, Lafrenaye, Sylvie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Confidence intervals
Exercise
Pain
Physical fitness
Teenagers
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Summary:To evaluate exercise-induced analgesia (EIA) effectiveness in healthy adolescent males and to investigate possible associations between EIA and physiological/psychological variables. Twenty-eight healthy adolescent males (14-17 y) participated in this study. EIA was evaluated by comparing perceptions of heat pain stimulations before and after an increasing maximal load test on a cycle ergometer (VO2max). Pain intensity for mild and strong heat pain stimulations significantly decreased following physical exercise (mild: EIA = 28.6%; 95% confidence interval, 0.9-1.9; P < .001 and strong: EIA = 11.3%; 95% confidence interval, 0.3-1.4; P = .002). The number of physical activity hours per week was positively correlated with the effectiveness of EIA for mild and strong pain intensity (r = .41, P = .03 and r = .43, P = .02, respectively). Intense physical exercise decreases perception of intensity of experimental heat pain in healthy adolescent males. The least physically active adolescents have reduced EIA effectiveness to experimental heat pain stimulations compared with physically active ones. Adolescents adopting an active lifestyle have more endogenous pain inhibition and could, therefore, potentially be less disposed to suffer from chronic pain later in life.
ISSN:0899-8493
1543-2920
DOI:10.1123/pes.2018-0089