Table 3.

Summary of pain intensity 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
Aerobic
Pressure	3	43	0.67	0.42	0.69
Thermal heat	2	38	0.55	0.40	0.59
Thermal cold	3	42	0.81	0.80	0.61
All aerobic Intensity	7	105	0.68	0.50	0.64
Isometric
Pressure	5	140	0.81	0.76	0.73
Thermal heat	1	12	1.35		1.35
Electrical	1	24	0.40		0.40
All isometric Intensity	7	176	0.83	0.71	0.72
Dynamic resistance
Pressure	2	34	0.83	0.37	0.75

^aWeighted by sample size.