Question · asked by 1 review
McKenzie therapy vs minimal intervention: Pain intensity various scales short‐term
- Population
- patients with non‐specific acute and subacute low back pain
- Intervention
- McKenzie therapy
- Comparison
- minimal intervention
- Outcome
- Pain intensity various scales short‐term
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
McKenzie therapy vs minimal intervention Pain intensity: short‐term (closest to 2 weeks) NRS (scale from 0‐100, 0 is no pain) · patients with non‐specific acute and subacute low back pain The McKenzie method for (sub)acute non‐specific low back pain (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 328 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The McKenzie method for (sub)acute non‐specific low back pain 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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How reviews are matched to this question
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