Effectiveness of adding manual therapy to exercise for pain and disability in chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Manual therapy combined with therapeutic exercise does not appear to provide substantial additional short-term improvements in pain intensity when compared to exercise alone. However, significant benefits were identified for functional disability in both short- and long-term outcomes PROSPERO REGISTRATION: CRD42023413778.
Authors
- Milena Magalhães (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1695-7515)
- Natalia A. da Silva
- Emmanuele C.S. dos Santos
- Saul R. Carneiro
- Aline T. dos Santos
- Érika P.R. da Silva
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos (BR)
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Pará (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2026.103508
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00