Aust J Physiother
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The effectiveness of relaxation techniques as a means of increasing pain threshold and pain tolerance and of decreasing anxiety was tested. Forty-two physiotherapy students were divided into experimental and control groups and tested on pain threshold, pain tolerance and anxiety. ⋯ Their results showed that a single session of relaxation significantly increased their pain threshold and pain tolerance and decreased their anxiety about the situation. No such changes were noted when the control group was re-tested.