ReviewJournal of exercise rehabilitation2022
High-intensity interval training for chronic pain conditions: a narrative review.
Review in Journal of exercise rehabilitation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06338917 (Moderate-to-Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity as a Tool for Severe Mental Illness Recuperation Process), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Moderate-to-Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity as a Tool for Severe Mental Illness Recuperation Process: Study Protocol for a Pragmatic Controlled Clinical Trial (+moviMENT)
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise Interventions and Pregnancy-Related Back Pain: Evidence and Gaps From a Systematic Review.International journal of public health · 2026Pooled it
- Acupuncture for Chronic Pain Management in Haemophilic Arthropathy: A Systematic Review.Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of high-intensity interval training on vascular function in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Artificial Intelligence in Sports Medicine: A Decision-Centered Framework for the Future Sports Physician.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- How Do Peripheral Neurons and Glial Cells Participate in Pain Alleviation by Physical Activity?Cells · 2025Review
- Lumbar paraspinal muscles in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain and the effect of exercise: comparative and interventional study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Therapeutic Exercise Parameters, Considerations and Recommendations for the Treatment of Non-Specific Low Back Pain: International DELPHI Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- High-Intensity Training for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Narrative Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Changes in pain perception during pregnancy after one-time maximal physical exertion and an 8-week high-intensity interval training.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Aerobic and Anaerobic Fitness according to High-Intensity Interval Training Frequency in Youth Soccer Players in the Last Stage of Rehabilitation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists past the normal healing time. Physical activity and exercise programs are increasingly being promoted and used for a variety of chronic pain conditions. Evidence suggests that physical exercise is an intervention with few adverse events that may improve pain severity and physical function, thus improving the quality of life. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has been shown to improve physical outcome measures and to decrease disorder-related disability in people with chronic disorders. Since an overview of the benefits of HIIT on chronic pain conditions has not been published yet, this review aims to report the effects of HIIT alone or in combination with other forms of training on different kind of chronic pain conditions. A search in the main scientific electronic databases was performed. The results of the studies included in this review showed that HIIT is beneficial for several chronic pain conditions, improving pain and physical function. Since HIIT could represent a valid help to conventional drug therapies, it could improve the quality of life of these subjects. The actual quality of evidence remains very low, and further high evidence studies are needed to confirm the promising outcomes reported in this review.
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