Beneficial Effects of Regular Physical Activity on Exercise-Induced Analgesia in Adolescent Males

To evaluate exercise-induced analgesia (EIA) effectiveness in healthy adolescent males and to investigate possible associations between EIA and physiological/psychological variables.Twenty-eight healthy adolescent males (14-17 y) participated in this study. EIA was evaluated by comparing perceptions of heat pain stimulations before and after an increasing maximal load test on a cycle ergometer (VO2max).Pain intensity for mild and strong heat...