Table 3 Effect of exercise therapy on pain.
From: Exercise therapy for bone and muscle health: an overview of systematic reviews
Diagnosis [Reference] | Intervention | Control | Included trials/patients | Treatment effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fibromyalgia [14] | Aerobic training | Various (wait list, control, no exercise, treatment as usual) | 3/183 | SMDa 0.65 (95% CI -0.09 to 1.39) |
Strength training | Control (not specified) | 1/21 | SMD 3.00 (95% CI 1.68 to 4.32) | |
Low back pain [22] | Exercise (many different types) | No treatment | 5/NRb | WMDc -9.27 on a 100-point scale (95% CI-17.00 to -1.55) |
Minimal care | 11/NR | WMD -4.83 on a 100-point scale (95% CI -9.36 to -0.30) | ||
Neck pain [21] | General strength and conditioning exercises | Minimal or no intervention | 3/76 | WMD -12.00 on a 100-point scale (95% CI -22.00 to -2.00) |
Shoulder pain [20] | Graded exercise therapy, progressive resistance, active range of motion | Active or no intervention | 3/273 | SMD -0.30 (95% CI -0.48 to -0.12) |
Osteoporosis [15] | Static, dynamic, or non-weight-bearing exercise | Various | NR | NR |
Osteoarthritis knee [16] | Any land-based therapeutic exercise regimens | Various (not specified) | 32/3616 | SMD -0.40 (95% CI -0.50 to -0.30) |
Osteoarthritis hip [17] | Any land-based therapeutic exercise regimens | Various (not specified) | 5/204 | SMD -0.33 (95% CI -0.84 to 0.17) |
Rheumatoid arthritis [18] | Short-term aerobic capacity and muscle-strength training | Various (not specified) | 1/50 | SMD -0.53 (95% CI -1.09 to 0.04) |
Short-term aerobic capacity training only | Various (not specified) | 1/56 | SMD -0.27 (95% CI -0.79 to 0.26) | |
Ankylosing spondylitis [19] | Supervised home exercise program | No intervention | 1/155 | SMD 0.49 (95% CI 0.17 to 0.81) |