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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

31 questions · 31 findings · 8 reviews

No studies found 1 · 3.2%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 8 · 25.8%Low 11 · 35.5%Moderate 8 · 25.8%High 3 · 9.7%

Low‐back pain: any exercises + usual prenatal care vs usual prenatal care

Pain intensity measured by a number of different measurements; lower score = better. · pregnant women with back pain

Low‐back pain: any exercises + usual prenatal care showed no clear difference in pain intensity measured by a number of different measurements; lower… compared with usual prenatal care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pelvic + low‐back pain: any exercises + usual prenatal care vs usual prenatal care

Number of women who reported pain on Visual Analogue Scale · pregnant women with, or at risk of developing, pelvic and back pain

Pelvic + low‐back pain: any exercises + usual prenatal care probably leads to lower number of women who reported pain on Visual Analogue Scale. compared with usual prenatal care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound plus exercise vs exercise

Pain intensity VAS (0 to 100; 0 = no pain, 100 = worst pain) · adults with chronic low‐back pain

It is very uncertain whether therapeutic ultrasound plus exercise changes pain intensity Scale: VAS (100‐point scale; higher scores mean… compared with exercise alone (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Yoga vs no exercise

Adverse events (1 participant withdrew due to increased back pain) · patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain

Yoga may leads to higher adverse events (1 participant withdrew due to increased back pain) compared with non‐exercise (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Yoga vs no exercise

Clinical improvement Assessed as participant rating that back pain was improved or resolved. Improvement measured differently in each study · patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain

Yoga may leads to higher clinical improvement Assessed as participant rating that back pain… compared with non‐exercise (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Yoga vs exercise

Clinical improvement Assessed as participant rating that back pain was improved or resolved. Improvement measured differently in each study · patients with non‐specific chronic 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).

1 finding from 1 review