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Nociceptive Processing of Elite Athletes Varies Between Sport-Specific Loads: An EEG-based Study Approach.
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Dreismickenbecker E, Fleckenstein J, Walter C, Enax-Krumova EK, Fischer MJM, Kreuzer M, Zinn S, Anders MAbstract
For the downstream nociceptive processing of elite athletes recent studies indicate that athletes probably tolerate more pain as compared to a normally active population. Phenotyping the nociceptive processing of athletes in different types of endurance sports can provide insight into training-specific effects, which may help in understanding the long-term effects of specific exercise.