Table 2.
Quality of the body of evidence: Summary of findings
| Exercise-induced pain threshold modulation in healthy subjects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Anticipated absolute effects (95% CI) | № of participants (Studies) | Certainty of the evidence (GRADE) | |
| Effect size (Hedge’s) | CI 95% | |||
| Effects on pain threshold due to physical exercise in healthy subjects | 0.19 | 0.11 to 0.27 | 1326 (36 studies) |
⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW a, b |
| CI: Confidence interval. | ||||
Explanations
a
The certainty rating started from low certainty since we included non-randomized studies.
b
We downgraded according to the risk of bias of the studies (60.53% had a methodological limitation due to sample size and control group selection)