Summary table of results regarding exercise
| Level of evidence | Disease | Effect size | |||
| None | Small | Medium | Large | ||
| Very low | OA | ||||
| RA | |||||
| axSpA | |||||
| Other | SLE Muscle strengthening (disease activity) | PsA Muscle strengthening (function, disease activity) SSc Muscle strengthening (function) | |||
| Low | OA | Yoga (function) | |||
| RA | Tai chi (pain, function, disease activity); Yoga (disease activity) | Yoga (function) | |||
| axSpA | Aquatic (pain, function, disease activity) | Aerobic (pain, function) | |||
| Other | SLE Aerobic (disease activity) SSc Aerobic + muscle strengthening (pain) | SSc Aerobic + muscle strengthening (pain) | |||
| Moderate | OA | ||||
| RA | Aerobic (disease activity); Aerobic + muscle strengthening (disease activity) Muscle strengthening (disease activity) | Aerobic + muscle strengthening (pain) Aquatic (pain, function) Muscle strengthening (pain, function) | |||
| axSpA | Muscle strengthening (pain, function, disease activity) | ||||
| Other | SLE Aerobic (fatigue) | ||||
| High | OA | Aquatic (pain, function, HR-QoL); Exercise therapy (pain, function); Muscle strengthening (pain, function) Tai chi (stiffness, HR-QoL) | Aerobic (pain, function); Land-based (pain, function) Tai chi (pain, function) | ||
| RA | Aerobic (pain, function); Aerobic + muscle strengthening (function) | ||||
| axSpA | Aerobic + muscle strengthening (pain, function, disease activity) | ||||
| Other | |||||
axSpA, axial spondyloarthritis; HR-QoL, health-related quality of life; OA, osteoarthritis; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SSc, systemic sclerosis.