Network Meta-Analysis of Exercise Therapies for Chronic Neck Pain

Min Huang's 2026 figshare document presents a network meta-analysis comparing 16 exercise therapies for chronic nonspecific neck pain. The analysis includes 17 randomized controlled trials involving 1,224 patients, sourced from databases like PubMed and Cochrane up to November 2025. Primary outcomes measured were the Neck Disability Index and Visual Analogue Scale for pain.

Use Cases

• Ranking intervention efficacy based on SUCRA values reported in the analysis
• Comparing pain reduction outcomes between Muscle Energy Technique and conventional exercise
• Assessing evidence quality and risk of bias for included clinical trials
• Evaluating the impact of treatment duration on clinical efficacy via meta-regression

Strengths

• Analysis is based on 17 randomized controlled trials involving 1,224 patients
• Includes 16 distinct intervention measures for comparison
• Employs standardized assessment tools (Cochrane Risk of Bias 2.0, CINeMA) for quality evaluation

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The file is a 118.3 KB DOCX document, indicating a limited scope focused on the analysis summary rather than raw trial data

Provenance

Source

Min Huang via figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials from eight academic databases

Time Range

Literature search up to November 25, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 13:52:58

Geography

Studies likely include global sources, but specific geography is not stated