Table 2.
Exercise-induced pain threshold modulation in healthy subjects | ||||
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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
The certainty rating started from low certainty since we included non-randomized studies.
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)