Kevin,who Was Intensely Involved in a Play-Off Hockey Game,did Not

Kevin,who was intensely involved in a play-off hockey game,did not notice the intense pain of a fractured rib until after the game was over.The absence of pain during the game can be explained by Melzack and Wall as

A) a closed gate in the gate control theory
B) an open gate in the gate control theory
C) phantom pain in the gate control theory
D) nociception in the neuromatrix theory
E) nociception in the neurochemical pain theory