Study	Reason for exclusion
Alaranta 1994	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Aure 2003	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Bentsen 1997	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Bültmann 2009	physical conditioning was not a structural part of the intervention
Dahl 2001	outcome measure was not sickness absence
Dettori 1995	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Friedrich 1998	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Hagen 2000	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Hansen 1993	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Kellett 1991	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Linton 2005	No existing work disability or sickness absence at baseline
Malmivaara 1995	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Moffett 1999	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Niemisto 2003	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Rantonen 2012	at baseline majority of participants were not on sickleave
Schiltenwolf 2006	outcome measure was not related to sickness absence or return‐to‐work
Seferlis 1998	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Torstensen 1998	no stated relationship between intervention and functional job demands
Whitfill 2010	at baseline majority of participants were not on sickleave