To Study Abo Blood Group Correlation with Pain Pressure Threshold and Tolerance, Core Stability in Young Healthy Individuals

Background: The term “blood type” refers to the antigen phenotype, which is the serologic expression of the inherited blood group genes, such as A, B, and O in the ABO system.

Physical fitness as an important factor in assessing a person's physical health and motor ability consists of various components such as core endurance and strength. Pain pressure threshold is determined as the duration of time between the subject’s first reported pain and exposure to the painful stimulus or the minimum force applied to induce pain.

Methodology: Healthy male and female volunteers within the age range of 18–25 years were recruited for this co-relational study based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study consisted of one experimental session in which a questionnaire was filled out, a blood type test was performed, and two rounds of pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) over the core muscles i.e. over Rectus Abdominis, Transverse Abdominis, Multifidus and Erector Spinae were obtained separated by a cold pressor test (CPT). The session lasted 30 min. The study was approved by the ethical committee of Santosh University, Ghaziabad and conducted within the timeline of May-august 2021 at the Department of physiotherapy, Santosh hospital, Ghaziabad, U.P. T- test, Anova and Karl Pearson correlation method were used to analyze the data.

Results: Result showed that both core stability and pain tolerance had significant difference and association among different blood groups (p>0.05). Also blood group O had the least mechanical sensitivity as it had the highest pain tolerance ( mean ± SD= 56.48 ± 37.39) after CPT test. Also B+ has the good core stability as compared with means (mean ± SD= 48.50 ± 27.44) of other blood groups.

Conclusion: Study concluded that there was significance association among different ABO blood groups and pain tolerance in healthy young Indian individuals which showed evidence that blood groups can be incorporated in physical therapy assessment and management.