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Therapeutic ultrasound plus exercise vs exercise: Well‐being Scale: general health subscale of SF‐36 (higher scores mean worse well‐being)
- Population
- adults with chronic low‐back pain
- Intervention
- Therapeutic ultrasound plus exercise
- Comparison
- exercise
- Outcome
- Well‐being Scale: general health subscale of SF‐36 (higher scores mean worse well‐being)
It is very uncertain whether therapeutic ultrasound plus exercise changes well‐being Scale: general health subscale of SF‐36 (higher scores… compared with exercise alone (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Therapeutic ultrasound plus exercise vs exercise alone Well‐being Scale: general health subscale of SF‐36 (higher scores mean worse well‐being) · adults with chronic low back pain It is very uncertain whether therapeutic ultrasound plus exercise changes well‐being Scale: general health subscale of SF‐36 (higher scores… compared with exercise alone (very low certainty). Therapeutic ultrasound for chronic low back pain (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 79 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Therapeutic ultrasound for chronic low back pain 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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