Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness Alters Mechanical Sensitivity, but Not Thermal Sensitivity or Pain Modulatory Function.

Individuals with chronic inflammatory pain usually have an increased sensitivity to pressure, thermal, and electrical stimuli, however, our sample, following muscle damage to induce acute inflammation only had sensitivity to mechanical pain. Exercise induced inflammation may reflect a peripheral sensitivity localized to the damaged muscle rather than a global sensitivity like those with chronic pain display.