Research Article: Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness Alters Mechanical Sensitivity, but Not Thermal Sensitivity or Pain Modulatory Function
Introduction:
Many clinical musculoskeletal pain conditions are characterized by chronic inflammation , with pro-inflammatory cytokines activating or sensitizing nociceptors, termed central sensitization, leading to hyperalgesia or increased pain sensitivity. – Understanding how, and the time-course by which inflammation affects distinct populations of nociceptors as well as how it affects central pain processing is important for developing targeted interventions. Examining this question in clinical pain populations is…
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