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1,956 questions in 143 reviews · Musculoskeletal

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No studies 555 · 28.4%Ungraded 107 · 5.5%Very low 255 · 13%Low 555 · 28.4%Moderate 357 · 18.3%High 127 · 6.5%

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
Intervention NR Withdrawals Aquatic exercise for the treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	13 studies · 1190 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Radiographic evaluation Aquatic exercise for the treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Short term serious adverse effects from trials Aquatic exercise for the treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Long term adverse effects or toxicity from observational studies Aquatic exercise for the treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Fatigue continuous measures · patients with fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis Biologic interventions for fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	30 studies · 14628 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Pain · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Health‐related quality of life · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Global assessment of treatment success Satisfactory pace of recovery · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	RR 0.83 [0.75, 0.93]	1 study · 303 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Hip dislocation Incidence of event · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	RR 2.98 [0.12, 72.59]	1 study · 303 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Reoperation rate1 · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Total adverse events Incidence of event · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	RR 0 [0, 0]	1 study · 303 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Pain · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Function Objective Functional Capacity Index and Subjective Functional Capacity Index · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 146 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Health‐related quality of life1 · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Global assessment of treatment success1 · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Hip dislocation1 · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Function Harris Hip Score · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 81 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Reoperation rate1 · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Total adverse events1 · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Health‐related quality of life Short Form‐12 · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 81 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Global assessment of treatment success · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Hip dislocation Incidence of events · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 81 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Reoperation rate · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Total adverse events Incidence of events · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 81 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Pain · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Function · people following primary uncemented THA Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and… (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Manual therapy and exercise vs placebo Overall pain · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 120 participants	High
Manual therapy and exercise vs glucocorticoid injection Global assessment of treatment success · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	RR 0.33 [0.14, 0.79]	1 study · 198 participants	Low
Manual therapy and exercise vs glucocorticoid injection Quality of life · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 88 participants	Low
Manual therapy and exercise vs glucocorticoid injection Adverse events · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 94 participants	Low
Manual therapy and exercise vs arthroscopic subacromial decompression Overall pain · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 84 participants	Low
Manual therapy and exercise vs arthroscopic subacromial decompression Function · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 84 participants	Low
Manual therapy and exercise vs arthroscopic subacromial decompression Pain on motion · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Manual therapy and exercise vs arthroscopic subacromial decompression Global assessment of treatment success · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	RR 1.14 [0.82, 1.61]	1 study · 79 participants	Low
Manual therapy and exercise vs arthroscopic subacromial decompression Quality of life · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Manual therapy and exercise vs arthroscopic subacromial decompression Adverse events · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Manual therapy and exercise vs placebo Function · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 120 participants	High
Manual therapy and exercise vs placebo Pain on motion · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 120 participants	High
Manual therapy and exercise vs placebo Global assessment of treatment success · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	RR 1.39 [0.94, 2.03]	1 study · 112 participants	High
Manual therapy and exercise vs placebo Quality of life · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 120 participants	High
Manual therapy and exercise vs placebo Adverse events · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	RR 3.77 [1.49, 9.54]	1 study · 116 participants	High
Manual therapy and exercise vs glucocorticoid injection Overall pain · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 88 participants	Low
Manual therapy and exercise vs glucocorticoid injection Function · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 88 participants	Low
Manual therapy and exercise vs glucocorticoid injection Pain on motion · rotator cuff disease Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo Overall pain Assessed: Binder's pain scale Scale from: 0‐52 · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis) Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 61 participants	Low
Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo Function · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis) Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 61 participants	Low
Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo Pain on motion · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis) Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo Global assessment of treatment success · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis) Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	RR 1.75 [1.21, 2.53]	1 study · 61 participants	Low
Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo Quality of life · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis) Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 61 participants	Low
Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo Adverse events · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis) Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease (2016) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 60 participants	Low