Meta-Analysis of Exercise Interventions for Pediatric Chronic Low Back Pain

A systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the efficacy of exercise-based interventions for pain intensity in children and adolescents with nonspecific chronic low back pain. The analysis includes data from two trials involving 125 participants for standalone exercise and three studies with 280 participants for combined therapies. The work, authored by Zijing Jiang and published in 2026, reports standardized mean difference (SMD) effect sizes and confidence intervals.

Use Cases

• Compare the effect size (SMD) and confidence intervals for standalone exercise therapy versus no intervention across the included trials.
• Analyze the incremental pain reduction (SMD) from interventions combining exercise with adjunctive therapies versus exercise alone using data from three studies.
• Assess the heterogeneity reported in the meta-analysis results for the comparison of exercise-based interventions with usual care.
• Extract the participant counts (n) and study design details for inclusion in secondary evidence synthesis on pediatric pain management.

Strengths

• Provides quantitative meta-analysis results, including specific Standardized Mean Difference (SMD) values and 95% confidence intervals.
• Aggregates data from multiple controlled clinical trials, specifically two trials for one comparison and three for another.
• Includes total participant counts: 125 for one analysis and 280 for the other.
• Released under a permissive CC BY 4.0 license and was last updated in March 2026.

Limitations

• The evidence base is limited, with only two to three trials included in each meta-analysis, resulting in very low certainty of findings.
• Substantial statistical heterogeneity is reported for one comparison, and the effect estimate is noted as highly uncertain due to serious imprecision.
• The dataset is a 45.2 KB document, containing summarized analysis results rather than raw trial-level data for re-analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Zijing Jiang.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from five databases (Cochrane Library, Medline, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase).

Time Range

Literature search from database inception to January 2026.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-26.

Geography

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