Comparison 7. SENSITIVITY ANALYSES (Low risk of bias).

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
7.1 Pain (/100): Earliest follow‐up	81	7680	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐11.18 [‐14.11, ‐8.26]
7.1.1 Exercise vs. No treatment or usual care	28	2220	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐15.34 [‐18.91, ‐11.76]
7.1.2 Exercise vs. Other conservative treatment	53	5460	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐9.06 [‐12.99, ‐5.13]
7.2 Function (/100): Earliest follow‐up	72		Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
7.2.1 Exercise vs. No treatment or usual care	29	2447	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐7.27 [‐9.04, ‐5.49]
7.2.2 Exercise vs. Other conservative treatment	45	5433	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐4.39 [‐6.45, ‐2.34]