ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Pain Processing in Elite and High-Level Athletes Compared to Non-athletes.
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- The Association Between Mindfulness and Athletes' Distress Tolerance: The Mediating Roles of Cognitive Reappraisal and Mental Toughness.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Preseason Upper Extremity Function, Pain, and Training and Normalized Division III Collegiate Swimming Performance.Journal of athletic training · 2025Article
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- Methodological Variation Among Studies Evaluating Pain Processing in Tendinopathy: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies shows that elite and high-level athletes possess consistently higher pain tolerance to ischemic and cold pain stimulation compared to recreationally active. However, the data previously obtained within this field is sparse and with low consistency. PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to examine the difference in pain perception between elite and high-level endurance athletes (cross country skiers and runners), elite soccer players and non-athletes, as well to explore the impact of psychological factors on pain processing.
methodsSeventy one healthy volunteers (33 females and 38 males) participated in the study. Soccer players (
resultsElite and high-level athletes had increased pain tolerance, higher heat pain thresholds, and reported lower pain intensity to thermal stimulation. Endurance athletes (cross country skiers and long-distance runners) had better tolerance for cold pain compared to both soccer-players and non-athletes. Furthermore, endurance athletes reported lower pain intensity compared to non-athletes, whereas both endurance athletes and soccer players had higher heat pain thresholds compared to non-athletes. Fear of Pain was the only psychological trait that had an impact on all pain measures.
conclusionThe present findings suggest that sports with long durations of physically intense activity, leveling aerobic capacity, are associated with increased ability to tolerate pain and that the amount of training hours has an impact on this tolerance. However, the small sample size implies that the results from this study should be interpreted with caution.
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