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18 studies (20 claims)
Emerging evidence
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brisk walking exercise | Increases - mildly increased at follow-up | Neck Disability Index (NDI) scores | Human | adolescent patients with cervical spondylopathy | Three times a week for at least 30 minutes. | Effects of Yi Jin Jing on juvenile cervical spondylopathy in China: A parallel, randomized, assessor-blinded clinical trial.cited 1× |
| brisk walking exercise | Decreases - statistically decreased | Neck Disability Index (NDI) scores | Human | adolescent patients with cervical spondylopathy | Three times a week for at least 30 minutes. | Effects of Yi Jin Jing on juvenile cervical spondylopathy in China: A parallel, randomized, assessor-blinded clinical trial.cited 1× |
| Three weeks of weight-supported walking | Decreases - improved | pain and disability | Human | patients with LSS | Not specified (intervention involved weight-supported walking). | Efficacy and characteristics of physiotherapy interventions in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a systematic review.cited 3× |
| pedometer-supported walking and telemonitoring after lumbar disc hernia surgery | Decreases - significantly lower | disability level | Human | participants who had undergone lumbar microdiscectomy | Not specified | The effect of pedometer-supported walking and telemonitoring after disc hernia surgery on pain and disability levels and quality of life.cited 10× |
| walking after herniated disc surgery | Decreases - decreased | pain and disability levels | Human | — | Not specified | The effect of pedometer-supported walking and telemonitoring after disc hernia surgery on pain and disability levels and quality of life.cited 10× |
| a 6-month progressive and individualised walking and education program | Decreases - investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness | disability level | Human | participants with low back pain | Progressive and individualized walking program (specific dosage not detailed). | Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a progressive, individualised walking and education program for prevention of low back pain recurrence in adults: statistical analysis plan for the WalkBack randomised controlled trial.cited 1× |
| walking interventions | No effect - did not decrease | disability | Human | those increasing the number of daily walking steps | Not specified (participants were instructed to increase daily walking steps to a designated level). | The effects of walking intervention on preventing neck pain in office workers: A randomized controlled trial.cited 11× |
| usual physiotherapy care plus a wearables-based walking intervention | No effect - No between-group differences were found | disability | Human | people with LBP at risk of chronicity | Not specified (wearables-based walking intervention). | Wearables-based walking program in addition to usual physiotherapy care for the management of patients with low back pain at medium or high risk of chronicity: A pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 7× |
| walking | Decreases - were found to be independently associated with | disability | Human | Individuals aged ≥50 years who visited the Pain Center at Nara Medical University with chronic pain | Not specified | Prevalence and associated factors of disability in patients with chronic pain: An observational study.cited 8× |
| walking | Decreases - similarly improve | disability | Human | chronic low back pain | Not specified | The effectiveness of walking versus exercise on pain and function in chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.cited 44× |
| backward walking with conventional physiotherapy treatment | Decreases - significant standardized mean difference values in favour | functional disability | Human | patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis | Not specified | The effectiveness of backward walking as a treatment for people with gait impairments: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 16× |
| walking speed | No effect - is a necessary assessment for the management of | disability | Human | patients after lumbar spine surgery | Not specified | Walking speed is associated with postoperative pain catastrophizing in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a prospective observational study.cited 3× |
| clinician guided, pedometer-driven, walking intervention | No effect - did not show any statistically significant difference | Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) change score | Human | adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP) | Individually tailored daily step targets negotiated weekly. | A randomized controlled trial investigating effects of an individualized pedometer driven walking program on chronic low back pain.cited 11× |
| 30-m walking test (30MWT) | Increases - was poorly correlated with | Neck Disability Index (NDI) | Human | patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) | Not applicable (walking test, not a supplement). | Psychometric properties of the 30-m walking test in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: results from two prospective multicenter cohort studies.cited 20× |
| increased walking time in the first post-operative week | Increases - were more likely to have substantially improved function | function on the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire at six months | Human | Participants undergoing lumbar surgery (discectomy, decompression, fusion) | Not specified | Predictors of substantial improvement in physical function six months after lumbar surgery: is early post-operative walking important? A prospective cohort study.cited 30× |
| pedometer-driven walking | Increases - low cost, easily accessible, and sustainable means of physical activity | disability and clinical outcomes | Human | people with CLBP in Saskatchewan, Canada | Not specified (pedometer-driven walking program, frequency not detailed). | Walking away from back pain: one step at a time - a community-based randomised controlled trial.cited 4× |
| walking and education | No effect - compared with | disability | Human | adults recovered from an episode of non-specific LBP within the last 6 months | Six sessions (three face-to-face and three telephone-delivered) with a physiotherapist over 6 months to facilitate a progressive walking program and education. | Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a progressive, individualised walking and education programme for prevention of low back pain recurrence in adults: study protocol for the WalkBack randomised controlled trial.cited 5× |
| walking intervention | Decreases - was as effective as other non-pharmacological interventions on pain and disability reduction | disability | Human | patients with chronic low back pain | Not specified | The effects of walking intervention in patients with chronic low back pain: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 43× |
| walking intervention | Decreases - can be recommended in the management of chronic LBP to reduce pain and disability | disability | Human | patients with chronic low back pain | Not specified | The effects of walking intervention in patients with chronic low back pain: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 43× |
| walking-focused proactive counseling intervention | Increases - was associated with an improvement | pain-related disability | Human | Black Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain without a mental health disorder | 6 telephone coaching sessions over 8-14 weeks to encourage walking. | An Analysis of the Role of Mental Health in a Randomized Trial of a Walking Intervention for Black Veterans With Chronic Pain. |
| walking-focused proactive counseling intervention | No effect - did not experience reductions | pain-related disability | Human | Black Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain and an electronic health record-documented mental health diagnosis | 6 telephone coaching sessions over 8-14 weeks to encourage walking. | An Analysis of the Role of Mental Health in a Randomized Trial of a Walking Intervention for Black Veterans With Chronic Pain. |
| Nordic walking | Decreases - had a significant and positive impact | disability | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Nordic walking for women with breast cancer: A systematic review.cited 14× |