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Fatigue-Related Pain From Distal Muscles Reduces Central Motor Drive Of...
Understanding the mechanisms of fatigue provides insight into the limits of human exercise performance and diseases in which fatigue is a symptom that limits activity. Both peripheral and central...
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Whether you are a fish or a land lover, exercise is beneficial for...
Musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis, lower back pain and fibromyalgia are the most common causes for utilizing healthcare resources, and are amongst the world’s leading causes of chronic...
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Who gets Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disabling condition that causes motor impairment. It is common after wrist fracture. Little is known about the epidemiology of CRPS and there has been very...
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Aerobic exercise training increases pain tolerance
It is well demonstrated that a single bout of exercise can cause short-term reductions in pain, a phenomenon referred to as exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH) (Naugle et al. 2012). However, the effect...
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More pain, less gain: Can painful, fatiguing exercise of one muscle impair...
We have all experienced the effects of muscle fatigue. Whether carrying groceries or luggage that extra bit further, playing sport or hitting it hard at the gym. For people with conditions such as...
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Do fitter people experience less pain?
Regular exercise is well demonstrated to relieve pain in people with chronic pain (Busch et al, 2007) but exactly how exercise helps is not known. A growing body of evidence shows people with chronic...
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Do fitter people experience less pain?
Regular exercise is well demonstrated to relieve pain in people with chronic pain (Busch et al, 2007) but exactly how exercise helps is not known. A growing body of evidence shows people with chronic...
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Exercise reduces pain through a peripheral mechanism in healthy adults
In healthy adults, it is well demonstrated that a single bout of exercise can acutely reduce pain (Naugle et al., 2012), a phenomenon known as exercise-induced hypoalgesia. However, the mechanisms of...
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Treatment options for musculoskeletal pain: an overview of current evidence
Musculoskeletal pain is the most common cause of disability globally (Vos et al. 2013). It is managed in primary care by a plethora of treatment options, such as self-management advice and education,...
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People with pain move differently. Why is this the case? Prof Paul Hodges talks about his research on muscle adaptations in people with pain. The post Interview: Prof Paul Hodges talks about pain and...
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Motor Impairment Blog’s most popular posts
Over the past 4.5 years, researchers from all over the world have written non-technical summaries on their research for the Motor Impairment Blog. Consequently, the Blog contains a rich archive of...
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Motor Impairment on an international stage
On November 26, some of the finest minds in medical science will meet in Sydney, Australia to discuss the latest research on motor impairments – the diseases or health conditions that disrupt function...
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Aerobic exercise reduces pressure pain more than heat pain in healthy adults
Exercise-induced hypoalgesia is a reduction in pain that occurs during or following a single bout of exercise (Naugle et al, 2012). When researchers test exercise-induced hypoalgesia, they briefly...
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