Vertical traction for lumbar radiculopathy: a systematic review

Table 2 Results of comparisons

OUTCOME	NO. OF STUDIES	NO. OF PARTICIPANTS	EFFECT SIZE. REPORTED AS HEDGES G (95% CI)	p
VERTICAL TRACTION COMBINED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY VERSUS PHYSICAL THERAPY ALONE.
Pain	1(Prasad 2012 [35])	19^a	− 0.14 (− 1.03 to 0.76)	0.76
Activity limitation	1(Prasad 2012 [35])	19^a	−0.31 (− 1.21 to 0.58)	0.49
VERTICAL TRACTION COMBINED WITH BED REST VERSUS BED REST ALONE.
Pain	1(Moret 1998 [34])	16	−1.01 (−2.00 to −0.02)	0.04
Activity limitation	1(Moret 1998 [34])	16	−0.56 (−1.50 to 0.39)	0.24
VERTICAL TRACTION COMBINED WITH ROUTINE MEDICATION VERSUS ROUTINE MEDICATION ALONE.
Pain	1(Khani 2015 [33])	50	−1.13 (− 1.72 to −0.54)	0.00

^a Prasad and colleagues recruited 26 patients, 24 of them were randomized, and 22 were eligible for assessment, but data on only 19 patients were published for the outcomes of pain and activity limitation. For this reason, only 19 participants were considered included

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