ReviewFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2014
Benefits of exercise intervention in reducing neuropathic pain.
Review in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Exercise Training in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: An Umbrella Review.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- Optimal aerobic exercise dose for pain relief in fibromyalgia syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- The potential protective effects of pre-injury exercise on neuroimmune responses following experimentally-induced traumatic neuropathy: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- The Effect of GABAergic Cells Transplantation on Allodynia and Hyperalgesia in Neuropathic Animals: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Exercise for Neuropathic Pain: A Systematic Review and Expert Consensus.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Multiple Cryotherapy Attenuates Oxi-Inflammatory Response Following Skeletal Muscle Injury.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Sub-maximal endurance exercise does not mediate alterations of somatosensory thresholds.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Intermittent Hypoxic Exposure with High Dose of Arginine Impact on Circulating Mediators of Tissue Regeneration.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Strength Training Improves Fatigue Resistance and Self-Rated Health in Workers with Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.BioMed research international · 2016Trial
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- Exercise attenuates neuropathic pain and neuroinflammation in an obese rat model exhibiting diabetes-related metabolic dysfunction and features of type 2 diabetes.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2026Article
- Swimming Exercise Ameliorates Neuropathic Pain and Is Associated with Hippocampal H19, miR-22, and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling.Neuromolecular medicine · 2026Article
- Voluntary wheel exercise reduces pain behavior by modulating neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Review
- Mechanisms, translational opportunities for diabetic polyneuropathy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Descending projection neurons in the primary sensorimotor cortex regulate neuropathic pain and locomotion in mice.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Physical Exercise in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- A Narrative Review of the Dorsal Root Ganglia and Spinal Cord Mechanisms of Action of Neuromodulation Therapies in Neuropathic Pain.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Exercise intervention for the management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and its determinants among adult cancer patients on chemotherapy in northwest Ethiopia oncology centers, 2022.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Peripheral neuropathy is a widespread and potentially incapacitating pathological condition that encompasses more than 100 different forms and manifestations of nerve damage. The diverse pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathy affects autonomic, motor and/or sensory neurons, and the symptoms that typify the condition are abnormal cutaneous sensation, muscle dysfunction and, most notably, chronic pain. Chronic neuropathic pain is difficult to treat and is often characterized by either exaggerated responses to painful stimuli (hyperalgesia) or pain resulting from stimuli that would not normally provoke pain (allodynia). The objective of this review is to provide an overview of some pathways associated with the development of peripheral neuropathy and then discuss the benefits of exercise interventions. The development of neuropathic pain is a highly complex and multifactorial process, but recent evidence indicates that the activation of spinal glial cells via the enzyme glycogen synthase kinase 3 and increases in the production of both pro-inflammatory cytokines and brain derived neurotropic factor are crucial steps. Since many of the most common causes of peripheral neuropathy cannot be fully treated, it is critical to understand that routine exercise may not only help prevent some of those causes, but that it has also proven to be an effective means of alleviating some of the condition's most distressing symptoms. More research is required to elucidate the typical mechanisms of injury associated with peripheral neuropathy and the exercise-induced benefits to those mechanisms.
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