3. Muscle soreness sensitivity analyses: fixed‐effect model.

Follow‐up times (post‐exercise)	No. studies	No. participants	SMD (95% CI)
Up to 6 hours	21	525	‐0.31 (‐0.49 to ‐0.13)
24 hours	41	936	‐0.13 (‐0.26 to ‐0.00)
48 hours	45	1047	‐0.22 (‐0.34 to ‐0.09)
72 hours	28	657	‐0.17 (‐0.33 to ‐0.02)
96 hours	17	436	‐0.04 (‐0.23 to 0.16)
120 hours	4	128	0.25 (‐0.12 to 0.61)
144 hours	1	20	‐0.23 (‐1.11 to 0.65)
168 hours	4	80	‐0.04 (‐0.48 to 0.41)

CI: confidence interval
 SMD: standardised mean difference