A Comparative Study on The Changes in Pain Threshold Resulting from “Exercise” Work Load and Acupuncture Anaesthesia

Abstract

In this research we conducted a comparative study on the pain threshold elevation resulting from “exercise” work loads, ie. running and cycling, and acupuncture anaesthesia. 10 subjects participated throughout our research; whereas, additional subjects only participated in selected experiments. It was found that the pain threshold increased for both exercise work load and acupuncture anaesthesia; however, no significant correlation was found between the pain threshold elevation percentages resulting from exercise work load and acupuncture anaesthesia.
Therefore we propose, although it has been ascertained that the elevation of pain threshold involves the endomorphin mechanism, that there must be other important mechanisms involved as well.