Fact of the day

Pooled results from 20 randomised trials in 1824 people with primary osteoporosis found exercise therapy improved lumbar spine and femoral neck bone density and eased pain more than conventional treatment. The authors grade the underlying evidence as low quality.

Study design

Meta-analysis

Journal

Orthop Surg

Evidence

preliminary

⚠What it shows: Take the direction seriously and the size loosely: results pooled from 20 trials in 1824 people favoured exercise for bone density and pain, but the authors rate the evidence as low quality and the trials disagreed with each other a lot.Meta-analysis · Orthop Surg