Table 1.

Summary table of results regarding exercise

Level of evidence	Disease	Effect size
		None	Small	Medium	Large
Very low	OA
	RA
	axSpA
	Other	SLE Muscle strengthening (disease activity)		PsA Muscle strengthening (function, disease activity) SSc Muscle strengthening (function)
Low	OA				Yoga (function)
	RA	Tai chi (pain, function, disease activity); Yoga (disease activity)		Yoga (function)
	axSpA		Aquatic (pain, function, disease activity)	Aerobic (pain, function)
	Other	SLE Aerobic (disease activity) SSc Aerobic + muscle strengthening (pain)	SSc Aerobic + muscle strengthening (pain)
Moderate	OA
	RA	Aerobic (disease activity); Aerobic + muscle strengthening (disease activity) Muscle strengthening (disease activity)	Aerobic + muscle strengthening (pain) Aquatic (pain, function) Muscle strengthening (pain, function)
	axSpA			Muscle strengthening (pain, function, disease activity)
	Other			SLE Aerobic (fatigue)
High	OA		Aquatic (pain, function, HR-QoL); Exercise therapy (pain, function); Muscle strengthening (pain, function) Tai chi (stiffness, HR-QoL)	Aerobic (pain, function); Land-based (pain, function) Tai chi (pain, function)
	RA		Aerobic (pain, function); Aerobic + muscle strengthening (function)
	axSpA			Aerobic + muscle strengthening (pain, function, disease activity)
	Other

axSpA, axial spondyloarthritis; HR-QoL, health-related quality of life; OA, osteoarthritis; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SSc, systemic sclerosis.