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High‐intensity vs low‐intensity exercise programmes

Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome (untreated PFPS of over 2 months in duration)

It is very uncertain whether high‐intensity changes usual pain (short‐term) VAS (0 to 10; higher scores mean worse pain) compared with low‐intensity exercise programmes (very low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Exercise for treating patellofemoral pain syndrome 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 40 participants
Very low
Exercise for treating patellofemoral pain syndrome 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 28 participants
Very low

Pulsed high‐intensity laser vs Placebo (sham) laser therapy

Pain VAS ( · people with postburn pruritus

Pulsed high‐intensity laser showed no clear difference in pain VAS ( compared with placebo laser (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for postburn pruritus 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 49 participants
Moderate

High‐intensity exercise vs low‐intensity exercise programmes four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery

Pain (short term) VAS · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
103 participants
Very low