Youth with chronic pain struggle to go to school, play sports, or spend time with friends and family due to pain. Medications are often ineffective, and aerobic exercise may improve both pain sensitivity and participation in valued life activities. This study will be the first to examine the impact of a single session of intense aerobic exercise on pain sensitivity measures in youth with and without chronic pain syndromes to help determine if aerobic exercise can improve pain and functioning.
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Pressure Pain Thresholds (PPT)
Timeframe: Before and after the intervention at baseline
Offset Analgesia Response
Timeframe: Before and after the intervention at baseline
Temporal Summation of Heat Pain
Timeframe: Before and after the intervention at baseline