Does pain influence control of muscle force? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

In the presence of pain, whether clinical or experimentally induced, individuals commonly show impairments in the control of muscle force (commonly known as force steadiness). In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we synthesized the available evidence on the influence of clinical and experimental pain on force steadiness.

Databases and data treatment

MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL Plus and Web of Science databases were searched from their inception to 19 December 2023, using MeSH terms and pre-selected keywords related to pain and force steadiness. Two independent reviewers screened studies for inclusion and assessed their methodological quality using a modified Newcastle-Ottawa risk of bias tool.

Results

In total, 32 studies (19 clini

SUBMITTER: Arvanitidis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671343 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature