Effects of Ischemic Preconditioning on Conditioned Pain Modulation and Heart Rate Variability in Knee Osteoarthritis

The Ischemic Preconditioning (IPC) is characterized by the application of brief periods of circulatory occlusion (ischemia) and reperfusion of a limb in the minutes to hours that precede the exercise through the insufflations and deflations of a pressure cuff.