Efficiency of aerobic physical exercise in chronic orofacial pain: A systematic review
International Journal of Development Research
Efficiency of aerobic physical exercise in chronic orofacial pain: A systematic review
Received 18th March, 2020; Received in revised form 26th April, 2020; Accepted 11th May, 2020; Published online 25th June, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Bianca Lopes Cavalcante-Leão et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: This systematic review was conducted to the following central question: In adults with chronic or facial pain, which is the efficiency of aerobic physical exercise in reducing pain? Design: Search strategies were developed to electronic database. Results: Four studies were included in the qualitative synthesis. In three transversal studies included it was observed that physical exercise led to an improvement in chronic or ofacial pain, that simple advice is equally as effective as a more intense and comprehensive physiotherapy exercise programme. Conclusion: available evidence on the subject suggests that there is effect of analgesia through aerobic physical exercise in patients with chronic or ofacialpain, however, further studies on the subject should be performed for a quantitative analysis to be performed.
