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SynthesisBrazilian journal of physical therapy

The effectiveness of hip interventions in patients with low-back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Luis Ceballos-Laita, Elena Estébanez-de-Miguel, Jose Jesús Jiménez-Rejano, Elena Bueno-Gracia, Sandra Jiménez-Del-Barrio

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Synthesis in Brazilian journal of physical therapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07482527 (Thoracic Mobility Versus Hip Mobility Exercises to Core Stabilization in Lumbar Spondylitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07482527 nanot yet recruitingnot on this map

Thoracic Mobility Versus Hip Mobility Exercises to Core Stabilization in Lumbar Spondylitis

TypeinterventionalSponsorCairo UniversityRan2026 to 2026Enrolled60ConditionsIndividuals With Lumbar SpondylosisArmsGroup A : Core stabilization exercises (control group), Group B: Thoracic Mobility Exercises (1st experimental group only), Group C: Hip Mobility Exercises (2nd experimental group only)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Chronic Ankle Instability and Low Back Pain: A Narrative Review With a Conceptual Framework Linking Distal and Proximal Sensorimotor Dysfunction.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Extravertebral low back pain: a scoping review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Luis Ceballos-LaitaClinical Research Group in Health Sciences of Surgery. Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Valladolid, Soria, Spain. Electronic address: Luis.ceballos@uva.es.
Elena Estébanez-de-MiguelDepartment of Physiatry and Nursery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Jose Jesús Jiménez-RejanoDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Sevilla, Sevilla. Spain.
Elena Bueno-GraciaDepartment of Physiatry and Nursery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Sandra Jiménez-Del-BarrioClinical Research Group in Health Sciences of Surgery. Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Valladolid, Soria, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow-back pain (LBP) may be directly or indirectly related to impairments from the hip joint.

objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of hip interventions on pain and disability in patients with LBP in the short-, medium-, and long-term.

methodsPubMed, Cochrane Library, PEDro, Web of Science, and SCOPUS databases were searched in November 2022. Randomized controlled trials involving hip-targeted interventions compared to specific low back interventions in patients with LBP were selected. The outcomes were pain intensity and disability. The quality of the studies was assessed with the risk of bias tool. GRADE was used to rate the certainty of evidence. Meta-analyses were conducted using random effects models.

resultsA total of 2581 studies were screened. Eight were included in the meta-analysis involving 508 patients with LBP. The results provided very low certainty that both hip strengthening and hip stretching improved pain (MD = -0.66; 95% CI -0.86, -0.48; I

conclusionsVery low certainty evidence suggest a positive effect of hip strengthening in isolation or combined with specific low back exercise and hip stretching combined with specific low back exercise for decreasing pain intensity and disability in the short-term, in patients with LBP. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION NUMBER: PROSPERO CRD42022303173.

Indexed as

Chronic PainLow Back PainPersons with DisabilitiesExercise TherapyHumansPain MeasurementDisability evaluationHip jointLow back painMeta-analysisSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID37037144
PMCPMC10120300

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