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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2025

Graded activity for chronic low back pain.

Lisandra Almeida de Oliveira, Anita R Gross, Lisa Carlesso, Steven Hanna, Nora Bakaa, Diego Silva, Jill A Hayden, Luciana G Macedo

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lisandra Almeida de OliveiraSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Anita R GrossSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Lisa CarlessoSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Steven HannaDept of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Nora BakaaSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Diego SilvaSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Jill A HaydenDepartment of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Luciana G MacedoSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of graded activity compared to placebo, sham, or no treatment for pain and function in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain.

Indexed as

Chronic PainExercise TherapyLow Back PainAdultHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Identifiers

PMID39936503
PMCPMC11816013

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