Yoga vs exercise: Clinical improvement Assessed as participant rating that back pain was improved or resolved. Improvement measured differently in each study
- Population
- patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain
- Intervention
- Yoga
- Comparison
- exercise
- Outcome
- Clinical improvement Assessed as participant rating that back pain was improved or resolved. Improvement measured differently in each study
It is very uncertain whether yoga changes clinical improvement Assessed as participant rating that back pain… compared with exercise (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Yoga vs exercise Clinical improvement Assessed as participant rating that back pain was improved or resolved. Improvement measured differently in each study · people with chronic non‐specific low back pain It is very uncertain whether yoga changes clinical improvement Assessed as participant rating that back pain… compared with exercise (very low certainty). Yoga for chronic non‐specific low back pain (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.97 [0.72, 1.31] | 3 studies · 433 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoga for chronic non‐specific low back pain 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
Related questions
The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.
- Yoga vs no exercise · patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain · 1 review
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.