ArticleThe journal of pain2014
Mechanisms of exercise-induced hypoalgesia.
Article in The journal of pain, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 150 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Understanding Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia: An Umbrella Review of Scientific Evidence and Qualitative Content Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of three types of resistance training on knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Summarizing the effects of different exercise types in chronic neck pain - a systematic review and meta-analysis of systematic reviews.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Pooled it
- The Effect of Exercise on Pain in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Do Endocannabinoids Cause the Runner's High? Evidence and Open Questions.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Exercise-based rehabilitation on functionality and quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Exercise on the Endocannabinoid System.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2022Pooled it
- Behavioral and Neural Evidence of the Rewarding Value of Exercise Behaviors: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of an internet-based combined exercise and cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention on endocannabinoid system biomarkers and physical fitness in adults with mild-to-moderate depression: a SONRIE randomized controlled trial.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Trial
- Effects of 4-Week Treadmill Running at Different Intensities on Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia and Endogenous Pain Modulation in Healthy Individuals.Pain research & management · 2026Trial
- High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Enhances Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Healthy Individuals: An fNIRS Study.Brain and behavior · 2025Trial
- Ten Minutes of Core Stabilisation Exercise Result in Local Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Patients With Chronic Unspecific Low Back Pain.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Trial
- Impact of repeated exposure to CPM on CPM efficiency and pain sensitivity in healthy adults: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Trial
- Acute Effects of Ad Libitum Use of Commercially Available Cannabis Products on the Subjective Experience of Aerobic Exercise: A Crossover Study.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Trial
- A controlled randomized trial with a 12-week follow-up investigating the effects of medium-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation on pain, VMO thickness, and functionality in patients with knee osteoarthritis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Trial
- The Effect of Aviva Exercise Intervention on Pain Level and Body Awareness in Women with Primary Dysmenorrhea.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- Modulation of pain perceptions following treadmill running with different intensities in females.Physiological reports · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of blood flow restriction versus traditional weight-bearing training in rehabilitation of knee osteoarthritis patients with MASLD: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Trial
- The effect of exercise intensity on exercise-induced hypoalgesia in cancer survivors: A randomized crossover trial.Physiological reports · 2021Trial
- Body Image Relates to Exercise-Induced Antinociception and Mood Changes in Young Adults: A Randomized Longitudinal Exercise Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
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Abstract
unlabelledThe purpose of this study was to examine opioid and endocannabinoid mechanisms of exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH). Fifty-eight men and women (mean age = 21 years) completed 3 sessions. During the first session, participants were familiarized with the temporal summation of heat pain and pressure pain protocols. In the exercise sessions, following double-blind administration of either an opioid antagonist (50 mg naltrexone) or placebo, participants rated the intensity of heat pulses and indicated their pressure pain thresholds and pressure pain ratings before and after 3 minutes of submaximal isometric exercise. Blood was drawn before and after exercise. Results indicated that circulating concentrations of 2 endocannabinoids, N-arachidonylethanolamine and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, as well as related lipids oleoylethanolamide, palmitoylethanolamide, N-docosahexaenoylethanolamine, and 2-oleoylglycerol, increased significantly (P < .05) following exercise. Pressure pain thresholds increased significantly (P < .05), whereas pressure pain ratings decreased significantly (P < .05) following exercise. Also, temporal summation ratings were significantly lower (P < .05) following exercise. These changes in pain responses did not differ between the placebo and naltrexone conditions (P > .05). A significant association was found between EIH and docosahexaenoylethanolamine. These results suggest involvement of a nonopioid mechanism in EIH following isometric exercise. PERSPECTIVE: Currently, the mechanisms responsible for EIH are unknown. This study provides support for a potential endocannabinoid mechanism of EIH following isometric exercise.
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