Table 3.
Treatment rankings from the network meta-analyses for any improvement.
| Treatment (class) | 3 months* | 12 months† | ||
| Mean rank | Median rank (95% CrI) | Mean rank | Median rank (95% CrI) | |
| Education+exercise+patellar taping/mobilisations+orthosis | 1.36 | 1 (1 to 3) | 2.03 | 2 (1 to 4) |
| Education+exercise+patellar taping/mobilisations | 2.12 | 2 (1 to 4) | 2.56 | 3 (1 to 4) |
| Education+orthosis | 3.17 | 3 (2 to 5) | 1.57 | 1 (1 to 4) |
| Exercise | 3.77 | 4 (1 to 5) | NA | NA |
| Education | 4.58 | 5 (3 to 5) | 3.84 | 4 (3 to 4) |
| Wait and see | 5.99 | 6 (6 to 6) | NA | NA |
*Results from a fixed effects model with random between treatment within class effect.
†Results from a fixed effects model without class effect.
95% CrI, 95% credible interval; NA, not applicable.