Exercise effect on pain is associated with negative and positive affective components: A large-scale internet-based cross-sectional study in Japan

Pain is a global health problem that leads to sedentary behavior and tends to cause negative emotion. In contrast, exercise is widely recommended for a health promotion, while pain often worsens with physical activity. Although exercise therapy is often prescribed to people with pain, the mechanisms...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2024-04, Vol.14 (1), p.7649-7649, Article 7649
Main Authors: Wakaizumi, Kenta, Shinohara, Yuta, Kawate, Morihiko, Matsudaira, Ko, Oka, Hiroyuki, Yamada, Keiko, Jabakhanji, Rami, Baliki, Marwan N.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adult
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emotion
Emotions
Exercise
Exercise Therapy
Global health
Health promotion
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Japan - epidemiology
multidisciplinary
Negative affect
Older people
Pain
Physical activity
Physical fitness
Physical training
Principal components analysis
Public health
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Stress
Vigor
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Summary:Pain is a global health problem that leads to sedentary behavior and tends to cause negative emotion. In contrast, exercise is widely recommended for a health promotion, while pain often worsens with physical activity. Although exercise therapy is often prescribed to people with pain, the mechanisms of exercise effect on pain remains unclear. In this study, we tried to identify a universal association factor between regular exercise and pain intensity utilizing a cross-sectional web-based survey involving 52,353 adult participants from a large national study conducted in Japan. Using principal component analysis, we uncovered a mediation model of exercise effect on pain through psychological components. Analyses were performed in half of the population with pain ( n  = 20,330) and validated in the other half ( n  = 20,330), and showed that high-frequency exercise had a significant association with reduction in pain intensity. We also found Negative Affect and Vigor, two psychological components, are fully associating the exercise effect on pain (indirect effect =  − 0.032, p  
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-58340-z