Table 2a.
Treatment effects for the primary outcome: Comparative treatment class effects for any improvement at 3 months (fixed effects model with random between treatment within class effect)
Wait-and-see | |||||
9.6
(2.2 to 48.8) |
Education | ||||
13.0
(2.4 to 83.5) |
1.3 (0.3 to 6.3) |
Exercise | |||
16.5
(4.9 to 65.8) |
1.7 (0.8 to 4.0) |
1.3 (0.4 to 4.5) |
Education+orthosis | ||
25.2
(5.7 to 130.3) |
2.6
(1.7 to 4.2) |
2.0 (0.4 to 8.5) |
1.5 (0.7 to 3.6) |
Education+exercise+patellar taping/mobilisations | |
38.8
(7.3 to 236.9) |
4.0
(1.5 to 11.8) |
3.0 (0.6 to 16.0) |
2.3 (0.8 to 7.5) |
1.5 (0.6 to 4.6) |
Education+exercise+patellar taping/mobilisations+orthosis |
ORs with their 95% credible intervals from the network meta-analysis are shown.
For any cell, an OR<1 favours the upper-left treatment, and an OR>1 favours the lower-right treatment. Comparative treatment effect differences are shown in bold.