Honors Program
Midway Honors
Date of Award
12-2017
Thesis Professor(s)
Craig Wassinger
Thesis Professor Department
Physical Therapy
Thesis Reader(s)
Craig Wassinger, Michael Bourassa, Beatrice Owens
Abstract
Background: Emerging evidence suggests that aerobic exercise and conditioned pain modulation may be advocated in treating patients with musculoskeletal pain. The effects of lower extremity aerobic exercise and conditioned pain modulation on evoked shoulder pain are not known.
Purpose: To determine the acute effects of lower extremity aerobic exercise and conditioned pain modulation on outcomes of evoked shoulder pain from pain pressure threshold measurements.
Study Design: Repeated measures.
Methods: Thirty (30) healthy volunteers were tested over the course of two sessions. Session 1 consisted of collecting pain pressure threshold measurements over the infraspinatus before and immediately following a conditioned pain modulation with cool water. Session 2 consisted of collecting pain pressure threshold measurements over the infraspinatus before and immediately following a bout of lower extremity aerobic exercise on a recumbent stepper apparatus.
Results: Pain pressure threshold was not significantly influenced by the conditioned pain modulation using cool water (p=0.725). Pain pressure threshold was significantly increased immediately following the lower extremity exercise session (P<0.001).
Conclusion: Conditioned pain modulation with cool water did not produce any significant changes in pain pressure threshold. Lower extremity aerobic exercise acutely increased pain pressure threshold in participants with experimentally induced shoulder pain. Physical therapists may consider lower extremity aerobic exercise to produce short-term hypoalgesic effects and facilitate the application of more active interventions.
Publisher
East Tennessee State University
Document Type
Honors Thesis - Open Access
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Recommended Citation
Lumpkins, Logan and Wassinger, Craig, "Effects of Lower Extremity Aerobic Exercise and Conditioned Pain Modulation on Evoked Shoulder Pain" (2017). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 434. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/434
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