Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Aerobic exercise and cold pressor test induce hypoalgesia in active and inactive men and women.
Physical inactivity is a risk factor for chronic pain. Several mechanisms play a role in pain chronification including impairment of pain inhibition. ⋯ Cold pressor stimulation and aerobic exercise caused comparable multisegmental increases in PPT in active and inactive men and women. The CPM and EIH responses were correlated, but they have different temporal manifestation of hypoalgesia.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for the treatment of withdrawal syndrome in heroin addicts.
To assess the therapeutic effect of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation (TEAS) for the treatment of withdrawal syndrome in heroin addicts. ⋯ TEAS of 2/100 Hz for 10 days in abrupt abstinence of the heroin addicts resulted in a marked reduction of the withdrawal syndrome as well as a reduced requirement for rescue opioids.