ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Motor Control Stabilisation Exercise for Patients with Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Prospective Meta-Analysis with Multilevel Meta-Regressions on Intervention Effects.
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- Ultrasound Imaging as a Visual Biofeedback Tool in Rehabilitation: An Updated Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Six-month follow-up results of clinic- and telerehabilitation-based motor control exercises in individuals with chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Trial
- Lumbar stabilization exercise with and without real-time ultrasound imaging biofeedback in chronic low back pain patients: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with failure of physical therapy in chronic low back pain: a secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Trial
- Sensorimotor Stabilization Exercises With and Without Behavioral Treatment in Low Back Pain: Feasibility and Effects of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Article
- The effect and mechanism of motor control exercise on low back pain: a narrative review.EFORT open reviews · 2023Article
- Acute effects of game-based biofeedback training on trunk motion in chronic low back pain: a randomized cross-over pilot trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
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- Effect of Six-Week Resistance and Sensorimotor Training on Trunk Strength and Stability in Elite Adolescent Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Moderators and Mediators of Sensorimotor Exercise in Low Back Pain: A Randomized Multicenter Controlled Trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
Low-to-moderate quality meta-analytic evidence shows that motor control stabilisation exercise (MCE) is an effective treatment of non-specific low back pain. A possible approach to overcome the weaknesses of traditional meta-analyses would be that of a prospective meta-analyses. The aim of the present analysis was to generate high-quality evidence to support the view that motor control stabilisation exercises (MCE) lead to a reduction in pain intensity and disability in non-specific low back pain patients when compared to a control group. In this prospective meta-analysis and sensitivity multilevel meta-regression within the MiSpEx-Network, 18 randomized controlled study arms were included. Participants with non-specific low back pain were allocated to an intervention (individualized MCE, 12 weeks) or a control group (no additive exercise intervention). From each study site/arm, outcomes at baseline, 3 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months were pooled. The outcomes were current pain (NRS or VAS, 11 points scale), characteristic pain intensity, and subjective disability. A random effects meta-analysis model for continuous outcomes to display standardized mean differences between intervention and control was performed, followed by sensitivity multilevel meta-regressions. Overall, 2391 patients were randomized; 1976 (3 weeks, short-term), 1740 (12 weeks, intermediate), and 1560 (6 months, sustainability) participants were included in the meta-analyses. In the short-term, intermediate and sustainability, moderate-to-high quality evidence indicated that MCE has a larger effect on current pain (SMD = -0.15, -0.15, -0.19), pain intensity (SMD = -0.19, -0.26, -0.26) and disability (SMD = -0.15, -0.27, -0.25) compared with no exercise intervention. Low-quality evidence suggested that those patients with comparably intermediate current pain and older patients may profit the most from MCE. Motor control stabilisation exercise is an effective treatment for non-specific low back pain. Sub-clinical intermediate pain and middle-aged patients may profit the most from this intervention.
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