Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs placebo
Mean pain intensity (Numeric Rating Scale 0–10) · lateral elbow pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 23 participantsLow
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
74 questions · 74 findings · 3 reviews · Headline outcomes only
No studies found 30 · 40.5%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 2.7%Low 26 · 35.1%Moderate 4 · 5.4%High 12 · 16.2%
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs no intervention or minimal intervention
Health‐related quality of lifefScale: SF‐36 (0 to 100, 100 indicates perfect health) · lateral elbow pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 113 participantsLow
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs no intervention or minimal intervention
Global assessment of treatment success · lateral elbow pain
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both showed no clear difference in participant‐reported treatment success compared with minimal or no intervention (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.36 [0.96, 1.93]6 studies · 770 participantsLow
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs no intervention or minimal intervention
Overall withdrawals · lateral elbow pain
It is very uncertain whether manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both changes proportion of overall withdrawals compared with minimal or no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.86 [0.66, 1.12]12 studies · 1147 participantsVery low
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs no intervention or minimal intervention
Proportion with any adverse event · lateral elbow pain
It is very uncertain whether manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both changes proportion with any adverse event compared with minimal or no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 3.69 [0.98, 13.97]6 studies · 457 participantsVery low
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs no intervention or minimal intervention
Proportion with a serious adverse event · lateral elbow pain
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs placebo
DisabilityScale: 0 to 100 (0 is no disability) · lateral elbow pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 23 participantsLow
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs placebo
Quality of life · lateral elbow pain
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs placebo
Global assessment of treatment success · lateral elbow pain
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs placebo
Proportion of withdrawals · lateral elbow pain
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs placebo
Proportion with adverse events · lateral elbow pain
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs placebo
Proportion with a serious adverse event · lateral elbow pain
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs no intervention or minimal intervention
PainScale: VAS (0 to 10, 0 is no pain) · lateral elbow pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted12 studies · 1023 participantsLow
Manual therapy, prescribed exercises or both vs no intervention or minimal intervention
DisabilityScale: 0 to 100 (0 is no disability) · lateral elbow pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted10 studies · 732 participantsLow