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Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention: Number of subjects with recurrent LBP
- Population
- patients with recurrences of low‐back pain
- Intervention
- Post‐treatment exercise
- Comparison
- no intervention
- Outcome
- Number of subjects with recurrent LBP
Post‐treatment exercise probably leads to lower number of subjects with recurrent LBP compared with no intervention (moderate certainty).
What each review found
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| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention Number of subjects with recurrent LBP · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain Post‐treatment exercise probably leads to lower number of subjects with recurrent LBP compared with no intervention (moderate certainty). Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.5 [0.34, 0.73] | 2 studies · 130 participants | Moderate |
Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention Number of subjects with recurrent LBP · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain Post‐treatment exercise showed no clear difference in number of subjects with recurrent LBP compared with no intervention (moderate certainty). Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.75 [0.53, 1.07] | 1 study · 66 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low‐back pain 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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