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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Words match anywhere in the field.
767 questions in 53 reviews · Back and Neck
current versionsNo studies 149 · 19.4%Ungraded 41 · 5.3%Very low 168 · 21.9%Low 226 · 29.5%Moderate 156 · 20.3%High 27 · 3.5%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Summary of findings: Behavioural treatment vs waiting list control CI: Confidence interval · adults with chronic low‐back pain Behavioural treatment for chronic low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Pain intensity various scales short‐term · adults with chronic low‐back pain Behavioural treatment for chronic low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 93 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Pain intensity various scales intermediate‐term · adults with chronic low‐back pain Behavioural treatment for chronic low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 82 participants | Moderate |
Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention Number of subjects with recurrent LBP · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane | RR 0.5 [0.34, 0.73] | 2 studies · 130 participants | Moderate |
Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention Number of subjects with recurrent LBP · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane | RR 0.75 [0.53, 1.07] | 1 study · 66 participants | Moderate |
Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention Time to LBP recurrence self‐report · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane | HR 0.43 [0.21, 0.87] | 1 study · 69 participants | Moderate |
Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention Time to LBP recurrence self‐report · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane | HR 0.5 [0.28, 0.9] | 1 study · 66 participants | Moderate |
Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention Number of recurrences of LBP recurrences. Scale from: 0 to 10. · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 154 participants | Moderate |
Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention Number of recurrences of LBP Scale from: 0 to 10. · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low‐back pain (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 66 participants | Moderate |
bed rest vs advice to stay active Pain intensity, short‐term · patients with acute low‐back pain Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 480 participants | Low |
bed rest vs advice to stay active Pain intensity, long‐term · patients with acute low‐back pain Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 393 participants | Moderate |
bed rest vs advice to stay active Functional status, short‐term · patients with acute low‐back pain Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 400 participants | Moderate |
bed rest vs advice to stay active Functional status, long‐term · patients with acute low‐back pain Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 393 participants | Moderate |
bed rest vs advice to stay active Pain intensity, short‐term · patients with sciatica Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 346 participants | Moderate |
bed rest vs advice to stay active Pain intensity, long‐term · patients with sciatica Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 330 participants | Moderate |
bed rest vs advice to stay active Functional status, short‐term · patients with sciatica Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 346 participants | Moderate |
bed rest vs advice to stay active Functional status, long‐term · patients with sciatica Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 330 participants | Moderate |