Response to Discussion: ‘Which specific modes of exercise training are most effective for treating low back pain? Network meta-analysis’

We recently published1 a network meta-analysis (NMA) on the effect of different modes of exercise training in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain in the British Journal of Sports Medicine . We respond here to the questions posed by Maher et al .2 The authors of the letter commented that potential effect-modifying covariates need more investigation (evaluation of transitivity). As per NMA guidelines,3 we investigated potential...