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Pain Modulatory Effects Of Exercise In Chronic Pain, Giovanni Berardi

Dissertations (1934 -)

Exercise training is recommended as a first-line treatment in the management of fibromyalgia due to its ability to improve symptoms and function. However, many with fibromyalgia report limited tolerance to exercise due to exacerbation of pain and fatigue during and following participation of a single bout of exercise. The purpose of this dissertation was to determine the influence of contraction type on local and systemic experimental pain sensitivity, performance fatigue, and perceived pain and fatigue during exercise and through recovery in people with and without fibromyalgia.Experimental and perceived pain were measured before and after a single bout of submaximal intermittent …