AUG 18, 2026 · REVIEW
Aquatic Exercise for Pain Intensity and Mechanical Pain Sensitivity in Women Surviving Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Rehabilitation Oncology
Meta-analysis of 4 small controlled trials with low-certainty evidence suggests aquatic exercise may reduce pain intensity versus comparators, but findings are limited by heterogeneity, small sample size, and very uncertain effects on mechanical pain sensitivity.
Reported
Pain intensity effect size (stand…−1.47
95% CI for pain intensity SMD−2.40 to −0.55
I² heterogeneity for pain intensi…79.1%