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| Comparator | Authors (date) | Number of RCTs (patients) pooled | Outcome measured time point | Effect estimate (MD, SMD)
95% confidence interval |
|
| Sham therapy | Rubinstein et al. (2010) [22] | 1 (745)
3 (1044) | <1 month
<3 months | SMD = −0.18 [95% CI, −0.32 to −0.04]
SMD = −0.28 [95% CI, −0.41 to−0.16] |
|
| No treatment | Lam et al. (2013) [17] | 3 (451) | Immediately | SMD = −0.94 [95% CI, −1.41 to −0.47] |
| Xu et al. (2013) [19] | 4 (NR) | >1 month | SMD = −0.58 [95% CI, −0.82 to −0.34] |
| Furlan et al. (2012) [20] | 1 (NR) | Immediately | MD = −8.20 [95% CI, −12.0 to −4.40] |
| Rubinstein et al. (2010) [22] | 1 (214) | <3 months | SMD = −0.61 [95% CI, −0.90 to −0.33] |
| Manheimer et al. (2005) [28] | 6 (NR) | <6 weeks | SMD = −0.62 [95% CI, −0.95 to −0.30] |
| Furlan et al. (2005) [29] | 2 (90) | <3 months | SMD = −0.63 [95% CI, −1.08 to −0.19] |
|
| Plus conventional therapy | Lam et al. (2013) [17] | 3 (144) | Immediately | SMD = −0.87 [95% CI, −1.61 to −0.14] |
| Rubinstein et al. (2010) [22] | 2 (99)
4 (2824) | <1 month
<3 months | SMD = −1.04 [95% CI, −1.46 to −0.61]
SMD = −0.66 [95% CI, −0.74 to −0.58] |
| Furlan et al. (2005) [29] | 3 (173)
3 (173) | Immediately
<3 months | SMD = −0.95 [95% CI, −1.27 to −0.63]
SMD = −0.95 [95% CI, −1.37 to −0.54] |
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