From: Exercise therapy for bone and muscle health: an overview of systematic reviews
Diagnosis [Reference] | Intervention | Control | No trials/patients in analyses | Treatment effect |
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Fibromyalgia [14] | Aerobic training | Various (wait list, control, no exercise, treatment as usual) | 4/253 | SMDa 0.66 (95% CI 0.41 to 0.92) |
Strength training | Control (not specified) | 2/47 | SMD 0.52 (95% CI -0.07 to 1.10) | |
Low back pain [22] | Exercise (many different types) | No treatment | 9/NRb | WMDc -3.31 on a 100-point scale (95% CI -4.83 to -1.79) |
Minimal care | 14/NR | WMD -6.41 on a 100-point scale (95% CI -9.76 to -3.05) | ||
Neck pain [21] | General strength and conditioning exercises | Minimal or no intervention | 2/141 | WMD 1.00 on a 100-point scale (95% CI -3.00 to 5.00) |
Shoulder pain [20] | Graded exercise therapy, progressive resistance, active range of motion | Active or no intervention | 4/358 | SMD 0.15 (95% CI 0.01 to 0.29) |
Osteoporosis [15] | Static, dynamic, or non-weight-bearing exercise | Various | NR | NR |
Osteoarthritis knee [16] | Any land-based therapeutic exercise regimen | Various (not specified) | 32/3719 | SMD -0.37 (95% CI -0.49 to -0.25) |
Osteoarthritis hip [17] | Any land-based therapeutic exercise regimen | Various (not specified) | 5/187 | SMD -0.10 (95% CI -0.51 to 0.32) |
Rheumatoid arthritis [18] | Short-term aerobic capacity and muscle-strength training | Various (not specified) | 2/74 | SMD -0.40 (95% CI -0.86 to 0.06) |
Short-term aerobic capacity training only | Various (not specified) | 2/66 | SMD -0.03 (95% CI -0.46 to 0.51) | |
Ankylosing spondylitis [19] | Supervised home exercise program | No intervention | 1/155 | SMD 0.12 (95% CI -0.20 to 0.43) |