Question · asked by 1 review
Exercise therapy vs no treatment four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery: Functional ability
- Population
- patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
- Intervention
- Exercise therapy
- Comparison
- no treatment four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
- Outcome
- Functional ability
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Exercise therapy vs no treatment four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery Functional status (post‐treatment) ODI or LBPRS · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 252 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery 2014 · 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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