Validation of hypertonic saline as an experimental model of exercise-pain
02 October 2017
The ability to tolerate pain is proposed to be a determinant of success in endurance performance. Current methods of experimentally inducing pain are however limited in the replication of exercise-induced pain without influencing other physiological mechanisms. The intramuscular injection of hypertonic saline has been suggested to be a method which could closely represent exercise-induced pain. The aim of this study is to apply this method and investigate its effects on task performance.
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Ethical approval
This research study is being organised by the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kent. The project has been ethically approved by the University of Kent Faculty of Sciences Ethics Committee.
