The effect of resistance exercise on multimodal pain thresholds in local and systemic muscle sites.

Dynamic resistance exercise may produce reductions in pain locally at the exercising muscle and systemically at non-exercising sites. However, limited research has examined these changes with multiple noxious stimuli. This study examined changes in heat pain threshold (HPT) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) on different musculature after an upper and lower body exercise to compare local and systemic effects.