NCT03713788

Muscle Stretching - the Potential Role of Endogenous Pain Inhibitory Modulation on Stretch Tolerance

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: University College of Northern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study investigates the influence of a remote, painful stimulus on stretch tolerance. Half of the participants will receive a conditioning painful stimulus following static stretching while the other half will rest quietly.

Detailed description

The effect of stretching on joint range of motion is primarily related to changes in the tolerance to stretch, but the mechanisms underlying this change are still largely unknown. The nervous system has an inbuilt ability to modulate the perceived magnitude of afferent noxious stimuli via supraspinally mediated endogenous pain inhibition or facilitation and by engaging endogenous mechanisms pain tolerance in healthy individuals is known to increase. Thus increasing the tolerance to pain could potentially increase range of motion following stretching.

Conditions

• Muscle Stretching Exercises
• Pain Threshold

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cold pressor test	Participants placed their non-dominant hand into cold water for 2 minutes

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-11-30
• Completion: 2016-11-30
• First posted: 2018-10-22
• Last updated: 2018-10-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark