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Table 3 Comparison of evidence in UK evidence report and current review for musculoskeletal spinal conditions
| Condition | Intervention | UK evidence report evidence | New/additional evidence | New evidence? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inconclusive | Moderate | High | Inconclusive | Moderate | High | |||
| Musculoskeletal - Spinal | ||||||||
| Sciatica/radiating leg pain | Spinal manipulation/mobilisation | Favourable | Favourable | Yes | ||||
| Neck pain (acute/subacute/chronic) | Cervical spinal manipulation/mobilisation alone | Favourable | Favourable | Yes | ||||
| Manipulation and mobilisation with/without soft tissue treatment | Favourable | Yes | ||||||
| Mid back pain | Spinal manipulation | Favourable | Favourable | No | ||||
| Coccydynia | Spinal manipulation | Favourable | Favourable | No | ||||
| Temporomandibular disorders | Mobilisation/massage | Favourable | Favourable | No | ||||
| Mandibular manipulation | Unclear | Yes | ||||||
| Intra-oral myofascial therapy | Favourable | Yes | ||||||
| Osteopathic manual therapy (cervical and temporomandibular joint regions) | Favourable | Yes | ||||||
| Myofascial pain syndrome | Ischaemic compression | Favourable | Yes | |||||
| • active upper trapezius trigger points, neck pain | Trigger point release | Non-favourable | Yes | |||||
| Integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique | Favourable | Yes | ||||||
