Spinal manipulative therapy vs sham SMT
Recovery at one month · Patients with acute low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
42 questions · 57 findings · 4 reviews
No studies found 2 · 3.5%GRADE not reported 6 · 10.5%Very low 20 · 35.1%Low 15 · 26.3%Moderate 6 · 10.5%High 8 · 14%
Spinal manipulative therapy vs sham SMT
Serious adverse events · Patients with acute low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
Spinal manipulative therapy vs sham SMT
Functional ability · patients with chronic LBP
2 findings from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 51 participantsVery low
- no estimate extracted1 study · 55 participantsVery low
Spinal manipulative therapy vs sham SMT
Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · patients with chronic LBP
3 findings from 1 review
- no estimate extracted3 studies · 148 participantsVery low
- no estimate extracted1 study · 55 participantsVery low
- no estimate extracted1 study · 51 participantsVery low
Spinal manipulative therapy vs sham SMT
Disability (Roland‐Morris Disability Questionnaire) Scale from: 0 to 23; 0 is no disability. · patients with chronic LBP
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 65 participantsVery low
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · patients with chronic LBP
3 findings from 1 review
- no estimate extracted3 studies · 228 participantsLow
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 1016 participantsHigh
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 1000 participantsHigh
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Functional ability · patients with chronic LBP
2 findings from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 156 participantsLow
- no estimate extracted1 study · 994 participantsHigh
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Disability (Roland‐Morris Disability Questionnaire) Scale from: 0 to 23; 0 is no disability. · patients with chronic LBP
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 1078 participantsHigh
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Recovery at one month · patients with chronic LBP
It is very uncertain whether spinal manipulative therapy plus any intervention changes recovery at one month compared with the intervention alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 3.4 [1.12, 10.28]1 study · 32 participantsVery low
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Functional status at 3 to 6 months Oswestry Disability Index. Scale from: 0 (no dysfunction) to 100 (worse function) · Patients with acute low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 225 participantsLow
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Recovery at one week · Patients with acute low‐back pain
It is very uncertain whether spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention changes recovery at one week compared with the intervention alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.89 [0.32, 2.47]2 studies · 196 participantsVery low
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Recovery at 3 to 6 months · Patients with acute low‐back pain
It is very uncertain whether spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention changes recovery at 3 to 6 months compared with the intervention alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.75 [0.51, 1.1]2 studies · 195 participantsVery low
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Serious adverse events · Patients with acute low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 2 participantsGRADE not reported
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Pain at 3 to 6 months Scale from: 0 (no pain) to 10 (worse pain) · Patients with acute low‐back pain
2 findings from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 102 participantsLow
- no estimate extracted1 study · 104 participantsLow
Spinal manipulative therapy plus another intervention vs the intervention alone
Functional status at one week Oswestry Disability Index. Scale from: 0 (no dysfunction) to 100 (worse function). · Patients with acute low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 225 participantsLow
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment
Duration of total antibiotic therapy ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted3 studies · 333 participantsVery low
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment
All‐cause mortality · people with pneumonia
It is very uncertain whether osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment changes mortality compared with placebo plus routine treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.43 [0.12, 1.5]3 studies · 327 participantsVery low
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment
Cure rate · people with pneumonia
It is very uncertain whether osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment changes cure rate compared with placebo plus routine treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.59 [1.01, 2.51]2 studies · 79 participantsVery low
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment
Length of hospital stay · people with pneumonia
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted3 studies · 333 participantsVery low
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment
Duration of fever · people with pneumonia
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 21 participantsVery low