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Area of Science:

  • Exercise Physiology
  • Pain Perception
  • Sports Science

Background:

  • Understanding pain perception during exhaustive exercise is crucial for optimizing training and preventing injury.
  • Previous research has focused on intensity and duration, but less on the spatial and temporal spread of discomfort.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To map the spread of pain and discomfort across the body during constant-load cycling and running until volitional exhaustion.
  • To analyze the topological dynamics of perceived pain in relation to exercise duration.

Main Methods:

  • Eleven physical education students performed cycling and running at a "hard" intensity (Borg's RPE 15).
  • Participants reported pain and discomfort on a body map every 15 seconds.
  • Data were analyzed across five temporal windows of exercise duration.

Main Results:

  • The number of body locations reporting pain and discomfort significantly increased over time during both cycling and running.
  • Dominant pain locations included quadriceps and hamstrings (cycling), and quadriceps and chest (running).
  • Mean pain locations reached 4.2 (cycling) and 4.1 (running) by exhaustion.

Conclusions:

  • Pain perception spreads throughout the body during exhaustive constant-load exercise.
  • While lower body pain dynamics were similar, upper body pain distribution differed between cycling and running.