Is It Time to Step outside the Laboratory? The Feasibility of Field-Based Examination of Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Elite Badminton Athletes with and without Knee Pain.
Transl Sports Med
; 2024: 2953220, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
To investigate the feasibility of testing exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH) in a field setting. The effect of knee pain on EIH was also explored.Design:
Within-group pre-post design. Materials andMethods:
Fourteen athletes (8 male, 6 female) competing at an international level in badminton were tested on the sideline during an in-season training session. Participants completed questionnaires and a single leg decline squat to evaluate the presence of knee pain. A blinded examiner measured PPT over the quadriceps muscle before and after two conditions (3-minute quiet rest and 3-minute isometric wall squat).Results:
The exercise protocol was completed by 13 (93%) participants. Mean (SD) exertion was 8.4 (1.7), and mean thigh pain was 7.9 (2.0) at 3 minutes. Very high reliability was observed for PPT collected before and after rest (ICC 0.94, 95% CI 0.85, 0.98). PPT significantly increased by 22.4% (95% CI 15.1, 29.7) after wall squat but not after rest. Relative increases in PPT were similar in participants with and without knee pain on single leg decline squat (22.2% versus 22.6%, 7 participants each).Conclusion:
Simple, field-based tests of endogenous analgesia are feasible and could provide new opportunities to evaluate an athlete's risk of persistent pain.
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Transl Sports Med
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2024
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Australia