Cochrane Review Group

Back and Neck

53 systematic reviews in Back and Neck ask 767 questions. 19.4% have no studies to answer them, 21.9% rest on very low certainty evidence and 23.8% reach moderate or high certainty.

Reviews

Questions

767

current versions

No studies

19.4%

Moderate or high

23.8%

No studies 149 · 19.4%Ungraded 41 · 5.3%Very low 168 · 21.9%Low 226 · 29.5%Moderate 156 · 20.3%High 27 · 3.5%

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.

Search questions in Back and Neck

Thinnest evidence

All no studies and very low questions

Question	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Summary of findings table ‐ Therapeutic exercise vs no treatment Cobb angle · adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	2 studies · 52 participants	Very low
Summary of findings table ‐ Therapeutic exercise plus non‐surgical intervention vs non‐surgical intervention Angle of trunk rotation – PSSE plus other non‐surgical vs other non‐surgical · adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 18 participants	Very low
Summary of findings table ‐ Therapeutic exercise vs bracing Cobb angle – PSSE vs bracing · adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 60 participants	Very low
Summary of findings table ‐ Therapeutic exercise vs bracing Subjective surface measurements (SRS‐22 Self‐Image) – PSSE vs bracing · adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 60 participants	Very low
Summary of findings table ‐ Therapeutic exercise vs bracing Quality of life (SRS‐22 Total score) – PSSE vs bracing · adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 60 participants	Very low
Summary of findings table ‐ Physiotherapeutic scoliosis‐specific exercises (PSSE) vs general therapeutic exercises (GTE) Cobb angle · adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	4 studies · 192 participants	Very low
Summary of findings table ‐ Physiotherapeutic scoliosis‐specific exercises (PSSE) vs general therapeutic exercises (GTE) Subjective surface measurement · adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	3 studies · 168 participants	Very low
Summary of findings table ‐ Physiotherapeutic scoliosis‐specific exercises (PSSE) vs general therapeutic exercises (GTE) Quality of life (SRS‐22 Total score) · adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	3 studies · 168 participants	Very low
Summary of findings table ‐ Therapeutic exercise plus non‐surgical intervention vs non‐surgical intervention Cobb angle – PSSE plus other non‐surgical vs non‐surgical · adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 18 participants	Very low
Intervention NR NICE CG176 · children (aged 0 to < 18 years) who underwent blunt trauma evaluation in the emergency department Index test: CDRs… Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 270 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Davies 2016 · children (aged 0 to < 18 years) who underwent blunt trauma evaluation in the emergency department Index test: CDRs or… Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	270 participants	Very low
Intervention NR PEDSPINE criteria · children (aged 0 to < 18 years) who underwent blunt trauma evaluation in the emergency department Index test: CDRs… Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 12537 participants	Very low

Reviews 53

Massage for low‐back pain

Furlan, AD, Giraldo, M, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015

Back and Neck

Thinnest evidence

Reviews 53

Massage for low‐back pain

Manipulation and mobilisation for neck pain contrasted against an inactive control or another active treatment

Exercises for mechanical neck disorders

Braces for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents

Radiofrequency denervation for chronic low back pain

Muscle energy technique for non‐specific low‐back pain

Effectiveness of posterior decompression techniques compared with conventional laminectomy for lumbar stenosis

Pilates for low back pain

Surgical versus non‐surgical interventions in people with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Cognitive‐behavioural treatment for subacute and chronic neck pain

Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain

Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery

Herbal medicine for low‐back pain

Minimally invasive discectomy versus microdiscectomy/open discectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation

Traction for low‐back pain with or without sciatica

Electrotherapy for neck pain

Opioids compared to placebo or other treatments for chronic low‐back pain

Rehabilitation following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis

Massage for mechanical neck disorders

Patient education for neck pain

Total disc replacement for chronic back pain in the presence of disc degeneration

Spinal manipulative therapy for acute low‐back pain

Arthroplasty versus fusion in single-level cervical degenerative disc disease

Spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low‐back pain

Workplace interventions for neck pain in workers