Cognitive Functional Therapy for People with Nonspecific Persistent Low Back Pain in a Secondary Care Setting—A Propensity Matched, Case–Control Feasibility Study These findings support that CFT is beneficial for patients with NS-PLBP who are unresponsive to primary care interventions. Subsequent…
Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality Among US Adults Based on a representative sample of US adults, a greater number of daily steps was significantly associated with lower all-cause mortality. There was no significant association between…
How Does Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Progress in Conservatively Managed Patients? The incidence of OPLL progression in conservatively managed patients was 26.8% in vertical growth and 22.7% in thickness growth.Young age, mixed type, and C2-C3 involvement are risk factors…
Best Evidence Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain Part 4: Neck Pain The results of this review found that the strongest treatment effects to date are those associated with exercise. Strengthening exercises of the neck and upper quadrant have a moderate effect…
Stiffness After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Is It a Result of Spinal Deformity? Compensatory knee flexion because of sagittal spinal deformity may predispose to poor ROM after TKA. Patients with clinical suspicion should be worked up preoperatively and counseled accordingly. #science…
Changes in pressure pain threshold and temporal summation in rapid responders and non-rapid responders after lumbar spinal manipulation and sham: A secondary analysis in adults with low back pain Hypoalgesia in shoulder PPT occurred transiently in the rapid responders compared…
Potential mechanisms for lumbar spinal stiffness change following spinal manipulative therapy: a scoping review This scoping review identified 7 themes put forward by authors to explain changes in spinal stiffness following SMT. Unfortunately, none of the studies provided data which…
Spondylolysis in Young Athletes: An Overview Emphasizing Nonoperative Management Stress injuries and fractures to the lumbar pars interarticularis are common sports-related injuries among young athletes. After diagnosis, an individualized PT rehabilitation program including education, activity modification, and a progressive course…
Use of Complementary Health Approaches for Chronic Low-Back Pain: A Pain Research Registry-Based Study The use of CHAs relative to opioids for low-back pain was inconsistent with recommendations from recent clinical practice guidelines despite clinical benefits with CHA use in…
The Regulation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Professions in Ontario, Canada Unregulated CAM professions may increase their likelihood of becoming regulated if they: (1) gain popularity/strong support from patients or the general public, (2) organize themselves sufficiently that they pose…