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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

86 questions · 89 findings · 8 reviews · Back and Neck

No studies found 20 · 22.5%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 21 · 23.6%Low 19 · 21.3%Moderate 22 · 24.7%High 7 · 7.9%

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

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 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 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

Back School vs exercise

Disability (intermediate‐term) RMDQ. Scale from: 0 to 24. · people with low back pain

It is very uncertain whether back School changes disability: intermediate‐term compared with exercise (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention

Number of subjects with recurrent LBP · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain

Post‐treatment exercise probably leads to lower number of subjects with recurrent LBP compared with no intervention (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Post‐treatment exercise vs no intervention

Time to LBP recurrence self‐report · patients with recurrences of low‐back pain

Post‐treatment exercise probably leads to lower time to LBP recurrence self‐report compared with no intervention (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound plus exercise vs exercise

Well‐being Scale: general health subscale of SF‐36 (higher scores mean worse well‐being) · adults with chronic low‐back pain

It is very uncertain whether therapeutic ultrasound plus exercise changes well‐being Scale: general health subscale of SF‐36 (higher scores… compared with exercise alone (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review