Pain sensitivity and athletic performance

Lior Zeller; Nadav Shimoni; Alina Vodonos; Iftach Sagy; Leonid Barski; Dan Buskila

doi:10.23736/S0022-4707.19.09791-3

Pain sensitivity and athletic performance

Lior Zeller, Nadav Shimoni, Alina Vodonos, Iftach Sagy, Leonid Barski, Dan Buskila

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Community Health Sciences

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BACKGROUND: The objective of the study is to determine whether higher pain thresholds are associated with better performance in long-distance runners. METHODS: Seventy participants, divided into groups of fast and non-fast runners according to peak results in a 10km run. Main Outcome Measures, Cold pressor test. RESULTS: Of the 70 participants, 28 were in the fastest group (less than 39 minutes in a 10km run) and 42 in the non-fast group. The faster group was characterized with older age (34.0±8.5 vs. 29.5±5.7, P=0.01), greater mean weekly running time (5.5 [0-17]) vs. 2 [0-10], P<0.001), and more years of running (10 [1.5-34.0] vs. 7 [0-20, P=0.05]). In a multivariable analysis longer cold pressor time was associated with faster 10Km run (OR 1.01, 95% CI 1.00-1.01). CONCLUSIONS: It seems that higher pain thresholds play an important role in the superior ability of long distance runners.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1635-1639
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
Volume	59
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.19.09791-3
State	Published - 1 Jan 2019

Keywords

Athletic performance
Exercise tolerance
Pain threshold

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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