Table 2.
Summary of pain threshold effect sizes by exercise and pain stimuli type in healthy participants
Pain response measure | Number of studies | Subjects | Mean effect size | Effect size SD | Unbiased effect sizea |
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Aerobic | |||||
Pressure | 2 | 47 | 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.58 |
Thermal heat | 1 | 10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
Thermal cold | 2 | 18 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.30 |
All aerobic Threshold | 4 | 57 | 0.48 | 0.61 | 0.43 |
Isometric | |||||
Pressure | 9 | 222 | 1.27 | 0.78 | 1.05 |
Dynamic resistance | |||||
Pressure | 2 | 4 | 0.86 | 0.18 | 0.83 |
Weighted by sample size.