Physical activity and cold pain tolerance in the general population
Background The relationship between habitual physical activity (PA) and experimental pain tolerance has been investigated in small samples of young, healthy and/or single‐sex volunteers. We used a large, population‐based sample to assess this relationship in men and women with and without chronic pa...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/83878 2023-05-15T18:35:01+02:00 Physical activity and cold pain tolerance in the general population Årnes, Anders Nielsen, Christopher Sivert Stubhaug, Audun Fjeld, Mats Kirkeby Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter Horsch, Alexander Johansen, Aslak Morseth, Bente Wilsgaard, Tom Steingrímsdóttir, Ólöf Anna 2020-11-18T09:20:28Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/83878 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-86608 https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1699 EN eng HN/HNF1352-17 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-86608 Årnes, Anders Nielsen, Christopher Sivert Stubhaug, Audun Fjeld, Mats Kirkeby Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter Horsch, Alexander Johansen, Aslak Morseth, Bente Wilsgaard, Tom Steingrímsdóttir, Ólöf Anna . Physical activity and cold pain tolerance in the general population. European Journal of Pain. 2020 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/83878 1849042 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=European Journal of Pain&rft.volume=&rft.spage=&rft.date=2020 European Journal of Pain 25 3 637 650 14 https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1699 URN:NBN:no-86608 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/83878/1/%25C3%2585rnes_2020_Physical%2Bactivity%2Band%2Bcold%2Bpain%2Btolerance%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bgeneral%2Bpopulation_Self-published.pdf 1090-3801 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed AcceptedVersion 2020 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1699 2021-12-01T23:32:32Z Background The relationship between habitual physical activity (PA) and experimental pain tolerance has been investigated in small samples of young, healthy and/or single‐sex volunteers. We used a large, population‐based sample to assess this relationship in men and women with and without chronic pain. Methods We used data from the sixth and seventh Tromsø Study surveys (2007–2008; 2015–2016), with assessed pain tolerance of participants with the cold pressor test (CPT: dominant hand in circulating cold water at 3°C, maximum test time 106 s), and self‐reported total amount of habitual PA in leisure time (n = 19,087), exercise frequency (n = 19,388), exercise intensity (n = 18,393) and exercise duration (n = 18,343). A sub‐sample had PA measured by accelerometers (n = 4,922). We used Cox regression to compare CPT tolerance times between self‐reported PA levels. For accelerometer‐measured PA, we estimated hazard ratios for average daily activity counts, and for average daily minutes of moderate‐to‐vigorous PA done in bouts lasting 10 min or more. Models were tested for PA‐sex, and PA‐chronic pain and PA‐moderate‐to‐severe chronic pain interactions. Results Leisure‐time PA, exercise intensity and exercise duration were positively associated with CPT tolerance (p < .001; p = .011; p < .001). More PA was associated with higher CPT tolerance. At high levels of leisure‐time PA and exercise intensity, men had a significantly higher CPT tolerance than women. Accelerometer‐measured PA was not associated with CPT tolerance. Conclusions This study is one of the first to show that higher self‐reported habitual PA was connected to higher experimental pain tolerance in a population‐based sample, especially for men. This was not found for accelerometer‐measured PA. Significance This study finds that higher level of self‐reported leisure‐time physical activity is associated with increased cold pressor pain tolerance in a large population‐based sample. Though present in both sexes, the association is strongest among men. Despite the robust dose–response relationship between pain tolerance and self‐reported activity level, no such relationship was found for accelerometer‐measured activity, reflecting a possible discrepancy in the aspect of physical activity measured. Though the study design does not permit causal conclusions, the findings suggest that increasing physical activity may increase pain tolerance in the general population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromsø Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Tromsø European Journal of Pain 25 3 637 650 |
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Background The relationship between habitual physical activity (PA) and experimental pain tolerance has been investigated in small samples of young, healthy and/or single‐sex volunteers. We used a large, population‐based sample to assess this relationship in men and women with and without chronic pain. Methods We used data from the sixth and seventh Tromsø Study surveys (2007–2008; 2015–2016), with assessed pain tolerance of participants with the cold pressor test (CPT: dominant hand in circulating cold water at 3°C, maximum test time 106 s), and self‐reported total amount of habitual PA in leisure time (n = 19,087), exercise frequency (n = 19,388), exercise intensity (n = 18,393) and exercise duration (n = 18,343). A sub‐sample had PA measured by accelerometers (n = 4,922). We used Cox regression to compare CPT tolerance times between self‐reported PA levels. For accelerometer‐measured PA, we estimated hazard ratios for average daily activity counts, and for average daily minutes of moderate‐to‐vigorous PA done in bouts lasting 10 min or more. Models were tested for PA‐sex, and PA‐chronic pain and PA‐moderate‐to‐severe chronic pain interactions. Results Leisure‐time PA, exercise intensity and exercise duration were positively associated with CPT tolerance (p < .001; p = .011; p < .001). More PA was associated with higher CPT tolerance. At high levels of leisure‐time PA and exercise intensity, men had a significantly higher CPT tolerance than women. Accelerometer‐measured PA was not associated with CPT tolerance. Conclusions This study is one of the first to show that higher self‐reported habitual PA was connected to higher experimental pain tolerance in a population‐based sample, especially for men. This was not found for accelerometer‐measured PA. Significance This study finds that higher level of self‐reported leisure‐time physical activity is associated with increased cold pressor pain tolerance in a large population‐based sample. Though present in both sexes, the association is strongest among men. Despite the robust dose–response relationship between pain tolerance and self‐reported activity level, no such relationship was found for accelerometer‐measured activity, reflecting a possible discrepancy in the aspect of physical activity measured. Though the study design does not permit causal conclusions, the findings suggest that increasing physical activity may increase pain tolerance in the general population. |
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Årnes, Anders Nielsen, Christopher Sivert Stubhaug, Audun Fjeld, Mats Kirkeby Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter Horsch, Alexander Johansen, Aslak Morseth, Bente Wilsgaard, Tom Steingrímsdóttir, Ólöf Anna |
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