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Does the application of painful or non-painful conditioning stimuli alter the perceived pain intensity of a painful test stimulus?
Does the application of painful or non-painful conditioning stimuli alter the perceived pain intensity of a painful test stimulus?
A hypoalgesic diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC)-like effect on muscle pain can be produced by both painful and non-painful stimuli, depending on the nature and location of the conditioning stimulus.
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Herbert et al. (1990) studied this question.
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