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. 2026 Aug 16;18(8):e114589. doi: 10.7759/cureus.114589

Table 2. References of different selections of studies.

a Some publications include two or three separate studies.

Line number Study selections References
1 All studies   [2-6, 10-37]a
2 All therapeutic studies   [2,4,11-14,16,18,20,22-24,26,27,29,31,34,36,37]a
3 All preventive studies   [3,5,6,10,13,15,17,19,21,25,28,30,32,33,35]a
4 Therapeutic and preventive studies with numeric data on pain reduction [2,4,6,10-18,20-24,26,27,29-37]a
5 Therapeutic studies with significant pain reduction [2,4,11-14,16,18,20,22-24,26,29,31,34,36,37]a
6 Therapeutic studies without significant pain reduction [27]a
7 Therapeutic studies with numeric data on disability reduction [2,4,11,14,16,18,20,22, 23,26,27,29,34,37]a
8 Preventive studies with numeric data on pain reduction   [6,10,13,15,17,21,30,32,33,35]
9 Preventive studies without numeric data on pain reduction [3,5,19,25,28]a
10 Preventive studies without significant pain reduction [3,5,6,13,19,21,25,28,30,35]
11 Preventive studies with numeric data on disability reduction [6,10,21,30,35]
12 Sick leave percentages in preventive studies [3,5,10,19,21,28,35]a
13 Lumbopelvic pain percentages in preventive studies [3,5,6,10,19,21,25,35]
14 Scandinavian studies without significant pain reduction [5,6,19,21,27,28,35]a
15 Scandinavian study with a significant pain reduction [10]