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Devices designed for mechanical pain threshold studies are often difficult to implement.

To determine the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and transcutaneous spinal electroanalgesia (TSE) on mechanical pain threshold (MPT) and vibration threshold (VT).

Main Outcome Measures: Pain (visual analogue scale; McGill pain questionnaire [MPQ]), range of extension, flexion and resting angle (universal goniometer), and mechanical pain threshold (pressure algometer).

To investigate the effect of unmodulated 5-kHz alternating current on mechanical pain threshold (MPT), heat pain threshold (HPT), tactile threshold (TT), and peripheral nerve conduction (PNC) compared with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and sham stimulation.

Previous studies indicate that plasma levels of serotonin (5-HT) and intramuscular prostaglandin E2 (participatecinate in determining the mechanical pain threshold and tolerance level to pressure applied on the skin over healthy muscles.

The present study aimed to determine whether the mechanical pain threshold of healthy muscles is influenced by oral administration of 5-HT3 or PGE2-inhibitors and if there are any gender differences in this respect.

No significant effects were observed for mechanical pain thresholds or heat pain thresholds.

Baseline thermal and mechanical pain thresholds did not differ between groups.

Behavioral tests were employed to test the thermal and mechanical pain thresholds.

Primary hyperalgesia was defined as mechanical pain thresholds to von Frey hair stimuli (from 7 to 151 mN) in the injured area.

Muscle damage was quantified using mechanical pain thresholds, motor performance deficits, and transverse relaxation time (T2 -weighted magneT2 -weightede imagneticMresonance