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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2012 Nov 8;13(12):1139–1150. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.09.006

Table 5.

Studies examining pain perception following acute bouts of dynamic resistance exercise in healthy participants

Author, year Sample Size
(M/F)		 Pain induction
stimulus/location		 Mode of exercise Exercise intensity Exercise Duration Pooled ES
(intensity, threshold)
Koltyn & Arbogast 7/6 Pressure/middle finger bench press, leg press
pull downs, arm ext		 3 sets of 10,
75% 1RM		 45 minutes 1.08, 0.99
Focht & Koltyn, 2009 21/0 Pressure/middle finger bench press, leg press
pull downs, arm ext		 3 sets of 10,
75% 1RM		 45 minutes 0.56, 0.74

Note. RM=repetition max; ext = extensions; NA=Not available