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What is a systematic review? What is a meta-analysis? Why are these approaches valuable for researchers and clinicians? |
a systematic review is a type of literature review that collects and critically analyzes multiple research studies on papers about a certain topic a meta-analysis is the use of statistical methods to summarize the result of these studies it helps put together multiple studies in a more summative way and it helps answer specific questions using multiple studies for evidence |
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What are the main finding contrasting athlete to normally active individuals? |
athletes have better pain tolerance than normally active individuals; the results for pain thresholds are inconclusive |
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Describe the results in 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 |
Pain tolerance: - 5 studies revealed statistically significant elevationsin pain tolerance in athletes,and 7 studies demonstratedno significant differences - pain tolerance varied with differenttypes of physical activities, but not with different types of noxiousstimuli - in endurance athletes pain tolerance was consistently characterized by a moderateeffect size and low heterogeneity - in game sport athletes, theeffect was high and was characterized by high heterogeneity - in strengthsports, only one study was available and reported no differencesbetween athletes and normally active controls -Significant differences between athletes and normally activecontrols were observed for both ischemic stimulationand cold pain stimulation -Separate analyses of male and female athletesshowed significant sex differences Pain threshold - Fivestudies showed a statistically significant elevation of pain thresholdin athletes, and 4 studies showed no significantdifferences - no significant differences in pain threshold after meta-analysis; studies are limited - no significant differences, but the 2 studies that assessedgame sports and thesingle study that assessed strength sports demonstrated significant differences between athletesand normally active controls -A separate analysis of males and females yielded no significant effects in the male subgroup , but female athletes were characterizedby significantly heightened pain thresholds compared tonormally active controls |
