Cochrane · systematic review · CD012085

Motor control exercise for acute non‐specific low back pain

Macedo, LG, Saragiotto, BT, Yamato, TP, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · Cochrane Library

Back and NeckAMSTAR 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
14
current version
GRADE rated
11
No studies
3
Included studies
NR
No studies 3 · 21.4%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 21.4%Low 6 · 42.9%Moderate 2 · 14.3%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 acute low back pain
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Pain VAS (0 to 100)
no estimate extracted1 study · 58 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision
Disability Oswestry Disability Index (0 to 100)
no estimate extracted1 study · 85 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision
Disability Oswestry Disability Index (0 to 100)
no estimate extracted1 study · 85 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision
Adverse events None of the included studies evaluated adverse events
no estimate extractedNRNo studies

Comparison

Population: patients with acute low back pain
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Pain VAS (0 to 100)
no estimate extracted2 studies · 89 participantsModerate
Downgraded: imprecision
Pain VAS (0 to 100)
no estimate extracted1 study · 33 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision
Disability Multiple scales (transformed 0 to 100)
no estimate extracted2 studies · 116 participantsModerate
Downgraded: imprecision
Disability Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (transformed 0 to 100)
no estimate extracted1 study · 33 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision
Disability Oswestry Disability Index (0 to 100)
no estimate extracted1 study · 83 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision
Adverse events None of the included studies evaluated adverse events
no estimate extractedNRNo studies

Comparison

Population: patients with acute LBP
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Pain VAS (0 to 100)
no estimate extracted1 study · 41 participantsVery low
Downgraded: imprecision
Disability Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (transformed 0 to 100)
no estimate extracted1 study · 41 participantsVery low
Downgraded: imprecision
Recurrence
RR 0.36 [0.18, 0.72]1 study · 39 participantsVery low
Downgraded: imprecision
Adverse events None of the included studies evaluated adverse events
no estimate extractedNRNo studies