• Long Liang, Xin Cui, Minshan Feng, Shuaiqi Zhou, Xunlu Yin, Feng He, Kai Sun, He Yin, Rong Xie, Dian Zhang, You Zhou, Yue Wu, Guihong Tan, Zhengdong Wang, Xingyu Wang, Jianhua Zhang, Liguo Zhu, Jie Yu, and Xu Wei.
• Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Aug 1; 98 (35): e16975e16975.

BackgroundSignificant functional limitations and disabilities are common presenting complaints for people suffering from cervical radiculopathy. Exercise is a common conservative treatment for this disease. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the efficacy of exercise in the treatment of cervical radiculopathy.MethodsA systematic literature search for studies will be performed in 7 databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, the Cochrane Library, the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI), Wanfang database, and VIP database. The methodological quality of the included studies using the risk bias assessment tool of Cochrane and the level of evidence for results are assessed by the GRADE method. Statistical analysis is conducted with Revman 5.3.ResultsThis systematic review and meta-analysis will provide a synthesis of existed evidences for exercise on cervical radiculopathy.ConclusionThe conclusion of this study will provide evidence to assess effectiveness of exercise on cervical radiculopathy, which can further guide clinical decision-making.Prospero Registration NumberCRD42019121886.

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