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Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2012 Nov 8;13(12):1139–1150. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.09.006

Table 6.

Studies examining pain perception following aerobic exercise in chronic pain populations

Author, year	Participants (M/F, pain cond.)	Pain induction stimulus/location	Mode of exercise	Exercise intensity	Exercise Duration	Pooled ES (intensity, threshold)
Newcomb et al., 2011	0/21, FMS	Pressure/index finger	cycle ergometer	Self-selected	20 minutes	0.45, 0.79
Newcomb et al., 2011	0/21, FMS	Pressure/index finger	cycle ergometer	60–75% HR_max	20 minutes	0.39, 0.01
Vierck et al., 2001	0/10, FMS	Heat thermal/glabrous skin of hand	Treadmill	To exhaustion	11–12 minutes	−1.13, NA
Meeus et al., 2010	21/5, CFS	Pressure/arm, hand, back, calf	cycle ergometer	Incremental 20–130 Watt	22–29 minutes	NA, −0.32
Meeus et al., 2010	11/10, CLB	Pressure/arm, hand, back, calf	cycle ergometer	Incremental 20–130 Watt	22–29 minutes	NA, 0.08
Hoffman et al. 2005	4/4, CLB	Pressure/index finger	cycle ergometer	50–70% VO_2max	25 minutes	1.50, NA
Cook et al. 2010	15/0, CMP	Heat thermal/glabrous skin of hand	cycle ergometer	70% VO_2max	30 minutes	NA, 0.31
Cook et al. 2010	15/0, CMP	Pressure/middle finger	cycle ergometer	70% VO_2max	30 minutes	NA, 0.07

Note. Cond=condition; FMS=Fibromyalgia Syndrome; CFS=Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; CLB=Chronic Low Back Pain; M=males; F=females; ES= effect size; NA=Not available; CMP=Chronic musculoskeletal pain.