TY  - JOUR
A1  - Niederer, Daniel
A1  - Müller, Juliane
T1  - Sustainability effects of motor control stabilisation exercises on pain and function in chronic nonspecific low back pain patients: A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression
T2  - PLoS ONE
N2  - Study design: Systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression.

Background and objectives: We systematically reviewed and delineated the existing evidence on sustainability effects of motor control exercises on pain intensity and disability in chronic low back pain patients when compared with an inactive or passive control group or with other exercises. Secondary aims were to reveal whether moderating factors like the time after intervention completion, the study quality, and the training characteristics affect the potential sustainability effects.

Methods: Relevant scientific databases (Medline, Web of Knowledge, Cochrane) were screened. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies: All RCTs und CTs on chronic (≥ 12/13 weeks) nonspecific low back pain, written in English or German and adopting a longitudinal core-specific/stabilizing sensorimotor control exercise intervention with at least one pain intensity and disability outcome assessment at a follow-up (sustainability) timepoint of ≥ 4 weeks after exercise intervention completion.

Results and conclusions: From the 3,415 studies that were initially retrieved, 10 (2 CTs & 8 RCTs) on N = 1081 patients were included in the review and analyses. Low to moderate quality evidence shows a sustainable positive effect of motor control exercise on pain (SMD = -.46, Z = 2.9, p < .001) and disability (SMD = -.44, Z = 2.5, p < .001) in low back pain patients when compared to any control. The subgroups’ effects are less conclusive and no clear direction of the sustainability effect at short versus mid versus long-term, of the type of the comparator, or of the dose of the training is given. Low quality studies overestimated the effect of motor control exercises.
KW  - Rückenschmerz
KW  - Chronischer Schmerz
KW  - Übung
KW  - chronic low back pain
KW  - pain intensity
KW  - disability
KW  - motor control exercises
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://hst.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/142
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:tr5-1424
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 21
PB  - PLOS
ER  -