ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2011
Self-reported pain and disability outcomes from an endogenous model of muscular back pain.
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- The Effects of Lumbar Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness on Clinical, Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- The Effect of Information on the Time Course of Pain During an Episode of Acute Experimentally Induced Low Back Pain-A Randomised Experiment.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Trial
- Paraspinal muscle function and pain sensitivity following exercise-induced delayed-onset muscle soreness.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Trial
- Whole-Body Vibration While Squatting and Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness in Women.Journal of athletic training · 2015Trial
- Suprathreshold heat pain response predicts activity-related pain, but not rest-related pain, in an exercise-induced injury model.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Immediate changes after manual therapy in resting-state functional connectivity as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging in participants with induced low back pain.Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeuticsTrial
- Psychological Profiling and Quantitative Sensory Testing Parameters as Predictors of Experimental Induced Muscle Pain.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- Short-Term Effect of Negative Verbal Language Versus Positive Verbal Language on Physical and Functional Capacity and Pain in People With Chronic Primary Low Back Pain.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- The effect of eccentric exercise-induced delayed onset neck muscle soreness on force steadiness and the spatial distribution of neck extensor muscle activity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sex Representation and User Preferences in Pain Drawing Body Charts in Back Pain Research: Multimethod Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Pain quality patterns in delayed onset muscle soreness of the lower back suggest sensitization of fascia rather than muscle afferents: a secondary analysis study.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2024Article
- Pressure pain threshold map of thoracolumbar paraspinal muscles after lengthening contractions in young male asymptomatic volunteers.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Associations of Regional and Network Functional Connectivity With Exercise-Induced Low Back Pain.The journal of pain · 2021Article
- Regional increases in brain signal variability are associated with pain intensity reductions following repeated eccentric exercise bouts.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2020Article
- Comparison of brain structure between pain-susceptible and asymptomatic individuals following experimental induction of low back pain.The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society · 2020Observational
- Short-term effect of delayed-onset muscle soreness on trunk proprioception during force reproduction tasks in a healthy adult population: a crossover study.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- Exercise-induced muscle damage on the contractile properties of the lumbar paraspinal muscles: a laser displacement mechanomyographic approach.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
- The influence of clinical equipoise and patient preferences on outcomes of conservative manual interventions for spinal pain: an experimental study.Journal of pain research · 2017Article
- Psychological Factors Are Related to Pain Intensity in Back-Healthy People Who Develop Clinically Relevant Pain During Prolonged Standing: A Preliminary Study.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Novel diagnostic and prognostic methods for disc degeneration and low back pain.The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society · 2015Review
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Abstract
backgroundOur purpose was to develop an induced musculoskeletal pain model of acute low back pain and examine the relationship among pain, disability and fear in this model.
methodsDelayed onset muscle soreness was induced in 52 healthy volunteers (23 women, 17 men; average age 22.4 years; average BMI 24.3) using fatiguing trunk extension exercise. Measures of pain intensity, unpleasantness, and location, and disability, were tracked for one week after exercise.
resultsPain intensity ranged from 0 to 68 with 57.5% of participants reporting peak pain at 24 hours and 32.5% reporting this at 48 hours. The majority of participants reported pain in the low back with 33% also reporting pain in the legs. The ratio of unpleasantness to intensity indicated that the sensation was considered more unpleasant than intense. Statistical differences were noted in levels of reported disability between participants with and without leg pain. Pain intensity at 24 hours was correlated with pain unpleasantness, pain area and disability. Also, fear of pain was associated with pain intensity and unpleasantness. Disability was predicted by sex, presence of leg pain, and pain intensity; however, the largest amount of variance was explained by pain intensity (27% of a total 40%). The second model, predicting pain intensity only included fear of pain and explained less than 10% of the variance in pain intensity.
conclusionsOur results demonstrate a significant association between pain and disability in this model in young adults. However, the model is most applicable to patients with lower levels of pain and disability. Future work should include older adults to improve the external validity of this model.
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