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Von Frey test with exercise

From 2021 to 2025, 30 animal research papers mentioned exercise and the von Frey test in their title or abstract.

That is 1.7 times the 18 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention exercise and any of the 90 tests we count grew faster, to 1.9 times as many.

30 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 mentioned exercise and the von Frey test
3% of the 916 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention exercise and a test mention the von Frey test
2% of the 1,282 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention the von Frey test also mention exercise
1.7 times as many papers as in 2011 to 2015

Papers by year

Animal research papers that mention exercise and the von Frey test, by year, 2001 to 2026

The 2026 bar counts papers added to PubMed by November 8, 2026.

  • Papers in a full year
  • 2026 so far
Show the counts for each year
Papers by year
YearPapers
20011
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20041
20052
20060
20070
20081
20090
20103
20112
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20135
20143
20155
20162
20172
20183
20197
20204
20214
20225
20238
20245
20258
2026 (part year)3

Which species the papers used

Each bar is a share of the 30 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.

Species

Rat
19 papers 63%
Mouse
10 papers 33%
Other animals
1 paper 3%

“Other animals” counts papers that use none of the species this chart names.

Tests mentioned alongside the von Frey test

Each bar is one test, with how many of the 30 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 13 (43%) mention no other test.

The 12 tests these papers mention most

3 papers 10%
3 papers 10%
3 papers 10%
2 papers 7%
1 paper 3%
1 paper 3%
1 paper 3%

Which papers count

A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions exercise and the von Frey test.

A paper that mentions either only in its methods is missed, so the count runs low. The search terms are in the list of models and techniques and the test list. The full method, with each source and its terms of use, is on our main page, Behavioral tests in published research.

More pairings

Every pairing of an animal model and a test with 30 or more papers from 2021 to 2025 has a page like this one.

The page on the von Frey test counts all the papers that mention it, whatever they study. The page on exercise ranks the tests mentioned with it.

How to cite

APA

ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Von Frey test with exercise [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/exercise/von-frey

BibTeX

@misc{conductscience_exercise_von_frey_2026,
  author = {{ConductScience}},
  title = {Von Frey test with exercise},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/exercise/von-frey},
  note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
}

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