Comparison 7. Treatments that start four to six weeks post‐surgery. Supervised programmes versus home exercises.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Pain (short term)	5	229	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.76 [‐2.04, 0.53]
2 Functional status (short term)	5	229	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.36 [‐0.88, 0.15]
3 Global perceived effect (short term) (four‐point scale)	1		Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	Totals not selected
4 Global perceived effect (long term) (four‐point scale)	1		Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	Totals not selected
5 Pain (long term) (five‐point scale)	1		Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	Totals not selected
6 Pain (long term) (VAS)	1		Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	Totals not selected
7 Functional status (long term) (12‐point scale)	1		Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	Totals not selected