Active Assisted Exercise (v no intervention) on joint mobility (prevention) in people with SCI who are at risk of contracture | SCI Physiotherapy Clinical Practice Guidelines

	Active Assisted Exercise (v no intervention) on joint mobility (prevention) in people with SCI who are at risk of contracture
P	People with SCI at risk of contracture	Evidence recommendation No evidence recommendation Reason: No RCTs	Weak opinion statement FOR Active assisted exercises may be provided to prevent loss of joint mobility in people with SCI who are at risk of contracture.
I	Active assisted exercises
C	No intervention	Consensus-based opinion statement Weak for (92%)
O	Contracture	Consensus-based opinion statement Weak for (92%)

The Australian and NZ SCI Physiotherapy guideline committee recommends active assisted exercises to prevent loss of joint mobility in people with SCI. This is a consensus-based opinion statement supported by the opinions of the experts. There are no randomized controlled trials on this topic. The guideline states:

Active assisted exercises may be provided to prevent loss of joint mobility in people with SCI.

This statement was formed by considering the opinions of the experts alongside other factors. The other factors that were considered were benefits and harms, values and preferences, resource use, equity, accessibility, and feasibility. This is a consensus-based opinion statement. Consensus-based opinion statements are less robust than evidence-based recommendations. They can be strong or weak. This is a weak consensus-based opinion statement which means that the guideline panel is confident they can probably recommend active assisted exercises to prevent loss of joint mobility in people with SCI based on opinion.

To learn more about this recommendation go to the research summary.