Table 5.
Co-interventions and use of equipment for positive and non-significant studies of patient manual handling.
| Patient handling training | Risk assessment included | Psychological intervention | Exercise intervention | Use of low-tech equipment | Use of high-tech equipment | Equipment use not reported | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported positive results | ||||||||
| Jaromi et al. (2018) | Reduction in LBP (VAS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Shojaei et al. (2017) | Reduction in LBP (VAS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Svensson et al. (2009) | Reduction in sickness absences | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Black et al. (2011) | Reduction in rate of injury | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Lim et al. (2011) | Reduction in repeat injuries | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Reported non-significant results | ||||||||
| Jensen et al. (2006) | No effect on LBP (VAS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Svensson et al. (2011) | No effect on sickness absences | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Hartvigsen et al. (2005) | No effect on LBP (incidence) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Warming et al. (2008) | No effect on LBP (VAS or incidence or sickness absences | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ||