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ReviewJournal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists

The interaction between pain and movement.

Shannon L Merkle, Kathleen A Sluka, Laura A Frey-Law

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Review in Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Effect of Hamstring Stretching on Pain at Masseter Muscle and Mouth Opening: A Systematic Review.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Shannon L MerkleDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Military Performance Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA. Electronic address: shannon.l.merkle.mil@mail.mil.
Kathleen A SlukaDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Laura A Frey-LawDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.

Funding

Fibromyalgia Activity Study with TENS "FAST"UM1AR063381 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI CROFFORD, LESLIE J, SLUKA, KATHLEEN A · 2013 to 2017
$3.4M
NIAMS NIH HHS UM1 AR063381
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

designClinical commentary. INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE: Pain and movement are universally relevant phenomena that influence human experiences in readily observable ways. Improved understanding of pain-movement relationships can guide medical and rehabilitative approaches to recovery and decrease risk of dysfunctional long-term consequences of otherwise normal neuromuscular responses. Therefore, the overall intent of this article is to elucidate the relationships between pain and movement as they relate to clinical decision making.

conclusionsMotor output is highly adaptable, can be influenced by multiple mechanisms at various levels along the nervous system, and may vary between individuals despite similar diagnoses. Therefore, interventions need to be individualized and consider both the types of motor response observed (ie, whether the response is protective or maladaptive), and the patient's acute physical activity tolerance when prescribing exercise/movement.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PsychologicalAvoidance LearningExercise TherapyHumansMotor ActivityMuscle StrengthPainAcuteChronicExercise prescriptionMotor responseNeuromuscular adaptation

Identifiers

PMID30025839
PMCPMC6335190

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