Professionalism and Medicine’s Social Contract with Society Medicine’s relationship with society has been described as a social contract: an “as if” contract with obligations and expectations on the part of both society and medicine, “each of the other”. The term…
Brain Drain: Psychosocial Factors Influence Recovery Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury—3 Recommendations for Clinicians Assessing Psychosocial Factors “Congratulations to Carol Cancelliere and Riaz Mohammedfor their recent publication in JOSPT. Their clinical commentary on psychosocial factors in concussion is available now…
Is the immediate effect of marathon running on novice runners’ knee joints sustained within 6 months after the run? A follow-up 3.0 T MRI study The knees of novice runners achieved sustained improvement, for at least 6 months post-marathon, in the condition…
Clinical diagnosis of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and vestibular neuritis With a typical clinical presentation, patients with BPPV can be diagnosed when the characteristic nystagmus on positional test-ing is seen. Patients with vestibular neuritis can be differentiated from those with…
Twelve Tips for Making the Best Use of Feedback ” When utilizing feedback for performance improvement, medical students, interns, residents, clinical teachers and practicing physicians could make use of the twelve tips to put feedback into practice. The twelve tips…
Completeness of the description of manipulation and mobilisation techniques in randomized controlled trials in neck pain; A review using the TiDieR checklist. Manipulation or a mobilization interventions are poorly reported in RCTs, which jeopardize the external validity of RCTs, making…
Lower-Limb Factors Associated with Balance and Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Clinical Synthesis. “The systematic review consisted of 81 articles that met the inclusion criteria. Our results reflect a narrative review of the appraised literature for 8…
An exploratory investigation into the longevity of pain reduction following multisensory illusions designed to alter body perception llusory stretching of the joints in osteoarthritis may have significant clinical potential in development of future pain treatments. The results are also compatible…
Recognizing and Effectively Managing Hypermobility-Related Conditions. Hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) can cause widespread or chronic pain, fatigue, and proprioceptive and coordination deficits resulting in functional restrictions. These conditions are common and often unrecognized, and patients…
Rehabilitation Is a Global Health Priority The World Health Organization (WHO) launched an initiative in 2017 to promote universal access to rehabilitation when it hosted “Rehabilitation 2030: A Call for Action” [1] (Fig. 1). Attended by more than 200 rehabilitation experts…