Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is a data gap regarding cold pain and pressure pain in healthy young individuals. The present study aimed to compare cold pain threshold and intensity and pressure threshold in young men and women with different fat percentages. METHODS: The study included 30 men and 42 women aged between 18 and 25 years, divided into two groups: normal - body mass index ≤24.9 and overweight - ≥25. Fat percentage was estimated by tetrapolar bioimpedance, pain-pressure threshold by pressure algometer, cold pain threshold was timed, and the intensity measured by the visual analog scale. RESULTS: The intensity of pain caused by cold showed no significant difference between groups, as well as the cold pain threshold and the initial and final pain threshold. The same behavior happened within the men and women groups. When comparing the difference between genders, pressure pain and cold pain thresholds had significant differences. Pain intensity did not differ between genders. CONCLUSION: Fat percentage did not affect the response time of cold pain and pressure pain thresholds and pain intensity in young adults. When considering gender, although the cold pain threshold in men was higher than in women, pain intensity was similar.
Highlights
Laísa Mariani – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6368-0857; Cecília Felix da Silva – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1650-9744; Márcia Rosângela Buzanello Azevedo – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0215-3337; Gladson Ricardo Flor Bertolini – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-2019.1
Participants were divided into two groups: normal group – body mass index (BMI) up to 24.9, consisting of 36 individuals, 15 men and 21 women, classified as underweight and normal weight, and the overweight group – BMI ≥25, who could be classified as overweight, pre-obese, obese grade I, obese grade II and obese grade III, according to the classification proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Regarding the variables of body composition analyzed by BIA, all had significant differences between the groups normal BMI (BMI up to 24.9) and overweight BMI (BMI≥25), the variables: body fat (%, kg), BMI, lean mass (%) and water (%) (p
Summary
1. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Faculdade de Fisioterapia, Cascavel, PR, Brasil. 2. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Faculdade de Fisioterapia, Programa de Biociências e Saúde, Cascavel, PR, Brasil. The present study aimed to compare cold pain threshold and intensity and pressure threshold in young men and women with different fat percentages. Fat percentage was estimated by tetrapolar bioimpedance, pain-pressure threshold by pressure algometer, cold pain threshold was timed, and the intensity measured by the visual analog scale. When comparing the difference between genders, pressure pain and cold pain thresholds had significant differences. CONCLUSION: Fat percentage did not affect the response time of cold pain and pressure pain thresholds and pain intensity in young adults. The cold pain threshold in men was higher than in women, pain intensity was similar.
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