scholarly journals Pressure pain threshold, lifestyle, muscle strength and functional capacity in elderly women with sarcopenia

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Rodrigues Souto Lima ◽  
Leslie Andrews Portes ◽  
Natália Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Fábio Marcon Alfieri
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain

scholarly journals Comparative study of the effectiveness of a low-pressure hyperbaric oxygen treatment and physical exercise in women with fibromyalgia: randomized clinical trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 1759720X2093049
Author(s):  
Ruth Izquierdo-Alventosa ◽  
Marta Inglés ◽  
Sara Cortés-Amador ◽  
Lucia Gimeno-Mallench ◽  
Núria Sempere-Rubio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Hyperbaric Oxygen ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Cortical Excitability ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Pressure Pain ◽  
Perceived Pain

Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic pain and fatigue, among other manifestations, thus advising interventions that do not aggravate these symptoms. The main purpose of this study is to analyse the effect of low-pressure hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on induced fatigue, pain, endurance and functional capacity, physical performance and cortical excitability when compared with a physical exercise program in women with FM. Methods: A total of 49 women with FM took part in this randomized controlled trial. They were randomly allocated to three groups: physical exercise group (PEG, n = 16), low-pressure hyperbaric oxygen therapy group (HBG, n = 17) and control group (CG, n = 16). Induced fatigue, perceived pain, pressure pain threshold, endurance and functional capacity, physical performance and cortical excitability were assessed. To analyse the effect of the interventions, two assessments, that is, pre and post intervention, were carried out. Analyses of the data were performed using two-way mixed multivariate analysis of variance. Results: The perceived pain and induced fatigue significantly improved only in the HBG ( p < 0.05) as opposed to PEG and CG. Pressure pain threshold, endurance and functional capacity, and physical performance significantly improved for both interventions ( p < 0.05). The cortical excitability (measured with the resting motor threshold) did not improve in any of the treatments ( p > 0.05). Conclusions: Low-pressure HBOT and physical exercise improve pressure pain threshold, endurance and functional capacity, as well as physical performance. Induced fatigue and perceived pain at rest significantly improved only with low-pressure HBOT. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT03801109.

scholarly journals Serum Levels of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Painful Knee Osteoarthritis and Sensitization

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Imamura ◽  
Fernando Ezquerro ◽  
Fábio Marcon Alfieri ◽  
Lucy Vilas Boas ◽  
Tania Regina Tozetto-Mendoza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Pressure Pain ◽  
Pressure Pain Thresholds ◽  
The World ◽  
Joint Disorder ◽  
Painful Knee

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder in the world. Among the mechanisms involved in osteoarthritis, biomarkers (cytokines profile) may be related to pain and pain intensity, functional capacity, and pressure pain thresholds (PPT). Thus, the study of these relationships may offer useful information about pathophysiology and associated mechanisms involved in osteoarthritis. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the seric concentration of pro (IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α) and anti-inflammatory (IL-10) cytokines in patients with painful knee osteoarthritis and to correlate the levels of these biomarkers with the patients’ functional capacity and pressure pain threshold (PPT) values.

Immediate Effects of Electroacupuncture and Manual Acupuncture on Pain, Mobility and Muscle Strength in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomised Controlled Trial

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Plaster ◽  
Wellington Bueno Vieira ◽  
Flávia Alves Duarte Alencar ◽  
Eduardo Yoshio Nakano ◽  
Richard Eloin Liebano
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Isometric Contraction ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Manual Acupuncture ◽  
Single Session ◽  
Maximum Voluntary Isometric Contraction ◽  
Pressure Pain

Objective To compare the immediate effects of electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture on pain, mobility and muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods Sixty patients with knee osteoarthritis, with a pain intensity of ≥2 on the pain Numerical Rating Scale, were included. The patients were randomised into two groups: manual acupuncture and electroacupuncture. Pain intensity, degree of dysfunction (Timed Up and Go (TUG) test), maximal voluntary isometric contraction and pressure pain threshold were assessed before and after a single session of manual acupuncture or electroacupuncture treatments. Results Both groups showed a significant reduction in pain intensity (p<0.001) and time to run the TUG test after the acupuncture treatment (p=0.005 for the manual acupuncture group and p=0.002 for the electroacupuncture group). There were no differences between the groups regarding pain intensity (p=0.25), TUG test (p=0.70), maximum voluntary isometric contraction (p=0.43) or pressure pain threshold (p=0.27). Conclusions This study found no difference between the immediate effects of a single session of manual acupuncture and electroacupuncture on pain, muscle strength and mobility in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Trial Registration Number RBR-9TCN2X.

The influence of physical fitness on pressure pain threshold of elderly women

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Marcon Alfieri ◽  
Alessandra Rodrigues de Souto Lima ◽  
Natália Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Leslie Andrews Portes
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain

Metformin increases pressure pain threshold in lean PCOS women

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Kialka ◽  
Tomasz Milewicz ◽  
Krystyna Sztefko ◽  
Iwona Rogatko ◽  
Renata Majewska
Keyword(s):  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Pressure Pain

scholarly journals A novel metric of reliability in pressure pain threshold measurement

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Liew ◽  
Ho Yin Lee ◽  
David Rügamer ◽  
Alessandro Marco De Nunzio ◽  
Nicola R. Heneghan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Models ◽  
Variance Components ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Pressure Pain Threshold ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Lumbar Region ◽  
Pressure Pain ◽  
Pressure Algometer ◽  
Testing Protocols

AbstractThe inter-session Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) is a commonly investigated and clinically important metric of reliability for pressure pain threshold (PPT) measurement. However, current investigations do not account for inter-repetition variability when calculating inter-session ICC, even though a PPT measurement taken at different sessions must also imply different repetitions. The primary aim was to evaluate and report a novel metric of reliability in PPT measurement: the inter-session-repetition ICC. One rater recorded ten repetitions of PPT measurement over the lumbar region bilaterally at two sessions in twenty healthy adults using a pressure algometer. Variance components were computed using linear mixed-models and used to construct ICCs; most notably inter-session ICC and inter-session-repetition ICC. At 70.1% of the total variance, the source of greatest variability was between subjects ($${\sigma }_{subj}^{2}$$ σ subj 2 = 222.28 N2), whereas the source of least variability (1.5% total variance) was between sessions ($${\sigma }_{sess}^{2}$$ σ sess 2 = 4.83 N2). Derived inter-session and inter-session-repetition ICCs were 0.88 (95%CI: 0.77 to 0.94) and 0.73 (95%CI: 0.53 to 0.84) respectively. Inter-session-repetition ICC provides a more conservative estimate of reliability than inter-session ICC, with the magnitude of difference being clinically meaningful. Quantifying individual sources of variability enables ICC construction to be reflective of individual testing protocols.

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