Office-Cycling: A Promising Way to Raise Pain Thresholds and Increase Metabolism with Minimal Compromising of Work Performance
Table 3
Median (IQR) pressure pain thresholds (kPa) preactivity during the different conditions as well as median (IQR) differences between the preactivity measurement and the two postactivity measurements in pressure pain thresholds.
Standing
LC
MC
p value
Quadriceps femoris
Before activity
382.0 (297.6; 488.6)
346.5 (327.6; 513.5)
372.3 (278.5; 510.8)
0.973
Difference after activity and before activity
47.5 (−1.1; 70.0)
36.3 (−14.0; 69.9)
53.0 (5.4; 106.1)
0.472
Difference 30 min after activity and before activity
42.3 (12.1; 70.4)
66.3 (14.4; 116.5)
69.0 (10.4; 113.9)
0.303
Ventral forearm
Before activity
308.0 (238.4; 398.5)
301.5 (229.5; 392.3)
285.3 (209.0; 391.9)
0.459
Difference after activity and before activity
8.0 (−22.1; 47.0)
40.3 (−2.6; 67.4)
25.0 (−1.4; 60.0)
0.178
Difference 30 min after activity and before activity
17.0 (1.3; 66.4)
53.3 (14.6; 85.6)
54.8 (14.0; 98.8)
0.174
Trapezius
Before activity
294.0 (256.0; 331.1)
303.3 (203.5; 403.1)
270.8 (231.0; 404.5)
0.895
Difference after activity and before activity
16.8 (−5.6; 39.4)
39.3 (15.6; 78.6)
17.0 (2.8; 49.9)
0.015
Difference 30 min after activity and before activity
32.8 (2.3; 69.4)
52.0 (26.8; 88.9)
47.8 (27.5; 87.0)
0.252
Difference for 30 min cycling and preactivity
36.3 (3.4; 64.1)
0.256
IQR = interquartile range, kPa = kilopascal, LC = low intensity cycling, and MC = moderate intensity cycling. p values for nonparametric comparisons between conditions. Significant differences between conditions are indicated in bold. Significant changes within the groups are marked with ,, or .
