Cochrane · systematic review · CD003132
Therapeutic ultrasound for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip
Rutjes, AWS, Nüesch, E, Sterchi, R, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2010 · Cochrane Library
MusculoskeletalAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 5 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
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.
Questions and results
Comparison
Population: Patients with knee osteoarthritis (none of the trials included patients with hip osteoarthritis)
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Pain VAS pain scales | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 320 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Function Various validated function scales | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 251 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Number of patients experiencing any adverse event | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 67 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Number of patients who withdrew because of adverse events | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 67 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Number of patients experiencing any serious adverse event | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 136 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |