Neural responses of posterior to anterior movement on lumbar vertebrae: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. The current study demonstrates the feasibility of the application of PA pressure on lumbar spinous processes in an MRI environment. This approach may serve…
Subconscious manipulation of pain expectation can modulate cortical nociceptive processing. As perceived pain inhibition was enhanced but flexion reflex size unchanged following the intervention, we suggest that the intervention gave rise to an inhibition of ascending nociceptive information at a…
Can passive mobilization provide clinically-relevant brain stimulation? A pilot EEG and NIRS study on healthy subjects. This result, albeit based on very few observations, might suggest that passive motion provides somatosensory afferences that are processed in a similar manner as…
Brief review: piriformis syndrome: etiology, diagnosis, and management. Piriformis syndrome continues to be a controversial diagnosis for sciatic pain. Electrophysiological testing and nerve blocks play important roles when the diagnosis is uncertain. Injection of local anesthetics, steroids, and botulinum toxin…
The Influence of Load and Speed on Individuals’ Movement Behavior. The data obtained here imply that individuals may not be physically prepared to perform safely or effectively when a task’s demands are elevated simply because they exhibit the ability to…
Chiropractic Observation and Analysis Study (COAST): providing an understanding of current chiropractic practice. A range of conditions are managed by chiropractors in Victoria, Australia, but most commonly these conditions are musculoskeletal-related. These results can be used by stakeholders of the…
The effect of a novel core stabilization technique on managing patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized, controlled, experimenter-blinded study. This study provides the clinical evidence that adding ankle dorsiflexion to drawing in the abdominal wall gave increased benefit…
Changes in vertebral artery blood flow following various head positions and cervical spine manipulation. There were no significant changes in blood flow or velocity in the vertebral arteries of healthy young male adults after various head positions and cervical spine…
Observations on the Inconsistency of Dermatome Maps and Its Effect on Knowledge and Confidence in Clinical Students Based on our pre-set assessment criteria, upper limb, lower limb, nipple, umbilicus, and perineum dermatomes were labeled correctly by 57.1%, 43.5%, 52.6%, 60%,…
Altered erector spinae activity and trunk motion occurs with moderate and severe unilateral hip OA. With increasing OA severity, bilateral ES activity increased during the swing phase of gait (p < 0.001), whereas during stance, the SOA ipsilateral ES activity was higher…