Exercise-induced pain threshold modulation in healthy subjects: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of exercise is a potential treatment option to modulate pain (exercise-induced hypoalgesia). The pain threshold (PT) response is a measure of pain sensitivity that may be a useful marker to assess the effect of physical exercise on pain modulation.

Aim

The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to evaluate the PT response to exercise in healthy subjects.

Methods

We searched in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Lilacs, and Scopus using a search strategy with the following search terms: "exercise" OR "physical activity" AND "Pain Threshold" from inception to December 2nd, 2019. As criteria for inclusion of appropriate studies: randomized controlled trials or quasi-experimental studies that enrolled healthy subjects; performed an exercise in

SUBMITTER: Pacheco-Barrios K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7785086 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature