title: Does endogenous pain inhibition make a better athlete, or does intense athletics improve endogenous pain inhibition?
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Jamie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rhudy
mesh_terms: D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*
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