Influenza Vaccination and Respiratory Virus Interference Among Department of Defense Personnel During the 2017-2018 Influenza Season Receipt of influenza vaccination was not associated with virus interference among our population. Examining virus interference by specific respiratory viruses showed mixed results. Vaccine…
Effect of Manual Therapy and Therapeutic Exercise Applied to the Cervical Region on Pain and Pressure Pain Sensitivity in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Cervical MT treatment is more effective in decreasing pain intensity than placebo…
Surgery for Chronic Sciatica Bests Conservative Care Nonsurgical treatment was standardized to include education of patients regarding day-to-day functioning, activity and exercise, use of oral analgesics, and use of active physiotherapy provided at the discretion of physiotherapists not associated with…
Curcumin Suppression of Cytokine Release and Cytokine Storm. A Potential Therapy for Patients With Ebola and Other Severe Viral Infections The use of curcumin should be investigated in patients with Ebola and cytokine storm. Intravenous formulations may allow achievement of…
Origin of Neck Pain and Direction of Movement Influence Dynamic Cervical Joint Motion and Pressure Pain Sensitivity The direction of motion influenced the effects of experimental muscle pain on dynamic cervical joint kinematics, and deep muscle pain showed local effects…
Causes of Chronic Hip Pain Undiagnosed or Misdiagnosed by Primary Physicians in Young Adult Patients: A Retrospective Descriptive Study Most (> 80%) young patients with hip pain, a difficult issue to diagnosis for many primary physicians, had FAI syndrome, HD,…
Lumbar spine fusion: what is the evidence? Despite the high costs, risks and common nature of lumbar spine fusion surgery, the evidence base does not include high quality systematic reviews. Furthermore, the risk of bias of the RCT in the…
Comparing Anxiety and Depression to Obesity and Smoking as Predictors of Major Medical Illnesses and Somatic Symptoms Findings suggest that anxiety and depression are as strongly predictive of poor future physical health as obesity and smoking and that anxiety is…
Cervical Spine Disability in Correlation With Subjective Voice Handicap in Patients With Voice Disorders: A Retrospective Analysis Specifically patients with organic voice disorders showed increased voice symptoms with the presence of neck dysfunction. This indicates a risk for a functional…
The Enduring Impact of What Clinicians Say to People With Low Back Pain Health care professionals have a considerable and enduring influence upon the attitudes and beliefs of people with low back pain. It is important that this opportunity is…