From: Exercise therapy for bone and muscle health: an overview of systematic reviews
Diagnosis [Reference] | Date assessed as up-to-date review | Patient inclusion criteria | Included trials/patients | Methodological quality of included trials | Methodological quality of reviews [13] |
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Fibromyalgia [14] | August 2007 | A confirmed diagnosis of fibromyalgia | 34/2276 | Mean van Tulder scoresa: 7.33 for aerobic training; 4 for strength training) | Met: all |
Low back pain [22] | August 2008 | Non-specific low back pain (with or without leg pain) 12 weeks or longer | 41/4485 | Mean PEDro scoresb: 6.33 for exercise versus no treatment), and 5.82 for exercise versus minimal intervention | Met: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9; not met: 10, 11; unclear: 1 |
Neck pain [21] | February 2008 | Non-specific neck pain in adults | 33/6218 | Mean PEDro scores: 5.67 | Met: 2, 6, 7, 11; not met: 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10; unclear: 1 |
Shoulder pain [20] | March 2011 | Primary symptom of shoulder pain in adults | 17/1436 | Mean PEDro scores: 5.87 | Met: 5, 7, 11; not met: 3, 4, 8, 10; unclear: 1, 2, 6, 9 |
Osteoporosis [15] | December 2010 | Healthy postmenopausal aged women between 45 and 70 years | 43/4320 | Most trials were scored as 'unclear' for randomization, allocation concealment, attrition, selective reporting, and assessor blinding | Met: all |
Osteoarthritis (knee) [16] | December 2007 | Knee OA based on accepted criteria or self-reported knee OA on the basis of chronic joint pain | 32/3616 | Of 43 trials, 9 (28 % ) studies had low risk of bias | Met: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11; not met: 3, 10 |
Osteoarthritis (hip) [17] | August 2008 | Hip OA based on accepted criteria or self-reportedhip OA | 5/267 | Of 5 trials, 3 had low risk of bias and 2 trials had moderate risk of bias | Met: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11; not met: 3, 10 |
Rheumatoid Arthritis [18] | December 2008 | Adults with classic or definite RA based on established criteria | 8/575 | 4 of 8 trials fulfilled at least 8 of 10 methodological criteria | Met: all |
Ankylosing spondylitis [19] | January 2007 | AS based on the modified New York criteria | 11/763 | Of 11 trials, 3 had low risk of bias; 3 had moderate risk of bias, and 5 had high risk of bias | Met: all |