Using Integrative Medicine in Pain Management: An Evaluation of Current Evidence. Overall, weak positive evidence was found for yoga, relaxation, tai chi, massage, and manipulation. Strong evidence for acupuncture as a complementary treatment for chronic pain that has been shown…
Functional Limitations in Adults Who Utilize Chiropractic or Osteopathic Manipulation in the United States: Analysis of the 2012 National Health Interview Survey. Notable differences exist in functional limitations and comorbidities between older and younger chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation users. This…
Cardiovascular Responses to Skeletal Muscle Stretching: “Stretching” the Truth or a New Exercise Paradigm for Cardiovascular Medicine? Collectively, the evidence provided in this review suggests that stretching acutely or long term may serve as a novel and alternative low intensity…
Cytokines in tendon disease: A Systematic Review. This review highlights the roles of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α in the development of tendon disease, during tendon healing, and in response to exercise. However, there is evidence accumulating that suggests that…
Not merely a protective packing organ? A review of fascia and its force transmission capacity. Initial in vivo trials appear to underpin these findings, demonstrating the existence of nonlocal exercise effects. However, the factors influencing the amount of transmitted force…
Pain Neurophysiology Education and Therapeutic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial Combining PNE with TE resulted in significantly better results for participants with CLBP, with a large effect size, compared with TE alone.…
Physical activity and autoimmune diseases: Get moving and manage the disease Both fibromyalgia and systemic sclerosis patients report decreased disease severity, pain, as well as better quality of life with more physical activity. Further, SSc patients improve their grip strength,…
Histological Osteoarthritic Changes in the Human Cervical Spine Facet Joints Related to Age and Sex. Using semiquantitative histological methods, degenerative findings were observed at all spinal levels involving the articular cartilage and the osseous structures of the cervical spine facet…
Acute lateral ankle sprain to chronic ankle instability: a pathway of dysfunction. The main findings of this review were that similar impairments (decreased ROM, strength, postural control, and functional activities) are observed in patients with acute LAS, sub-acute LAS, and…
The influence of cervical movement on eye stabilization reflexes: a randomized trial. Diminished neck movements influences both the COR and VOR, although on a different time scale. However, increased neck movements do not affect the reflexes. These findings suggest that…