“The Active Compression Test has both limited screening and confirmation ability; therefore, we do not advocate for its use in clinical decision making.”Diagnostic utility of the Active Compression Test for the superior labrum anterior posterior tear: A systematic review. #science…
“This study’s findings suggest that a combination of manual therapy and exercise is more effective than usual care on disability, pain intensity and global perceived recovery.”Is a combined programme of manual therapy and exercise more effective than usual care in…
“Injuries have a detrimental impact on team and individual athletic performance. Deficits in maximal strength, rate of force development (RFD), and reactive strength are commonly reported following several musculoskeletal injuries. This article first examines the available literature to identify common…
“The proportion of patients receiving an opioid prescription was lower for chiropractic users (range = 12.3-57.6%) than nonusers (range = 31.2-65.9%). In a random-effects analysis, chiropractic users had a 64% lower odds of receiving an opioid prescription than nonusers (odds…
“Existing literature indicates that benign adverse events following manual treatments to the spine are common, while serious adverse events are rare. The incidence and causal relationships with serious adverse events are challenging to establish, with gaps in the literature and…
Professor Martin Underwood, from Warwick Medical School, said: “In most of the studies we found that the odds were about double — either way, you’re about twice as likely to have headaches or chronic low back pain in the presence…
“The association of increased cancer risk with exposure to diagnostic low-dose ionizing radiation may be important to inform decisions about diagnostic use of low-dose ionizing radiation in Asian youth populations worldwide.”Association of Exposure to Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation With Risk…
“Based on the findings of this review, corticosteroid injection is more effective than some comparators for the reduction of pain and the improvement of function in people with plantar heel pain. However, corticosteroid injection is not more effective than placebo…
“This review concludes that the SRs analysed were completed with moderate methodological quality, but with procedural weaknesses and interpretation biases. The most recent review was qualitatively superior due to the inclusion of risk of bias analysis and effect size calculation.…
“This review summarizes the latest exercise prescription treatments for 26 different diseases: musculoskeletal system diseases (low back pain, tendon injury, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and hip fracture), metabolic system diseases (obesity, type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease),…