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Gabriela Lopes Gama ; Melania Maria Ramos de Amorim ; Renan Alves da Silva Júnior ; Agda Cristina de Sousa Santos ; Paula Lisiane Assunção ; Jousilene de Sales Tavares ; Thamyris de Sales Regis ; Janiele de Sales Tavares ; Adriana Melo |Objective To investigate the effect of intensive physiotherapy training on the motor function of children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Design A retrospective cohort study. Setting A support center for children with microcephal[...]Article
Juliana Rezende Valladares ; Leonardo César Carvalho ; Gabriela Rezende Yanagihara ; Carmélia Bomfim Jacó Rocha ; Paulo Roberto Maia ; Lígia de Sousa Marino ; Denise H. Lunes |Objectives Evaluate the Kinesio taping (KT) effects on reducing pain and edema on postoperative (PO) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Design Controlled and randomized clinical study. Settings Individuals of both sexes, aged[...]Article
Objective To examine the potential relationship between physical therapy (PT) treatment outcomes and chronicity of low back pain (LBP) in the outpatient setting. Design Retrospective observational study. Setting Outpatient PT clinics ac[...]Article
Objectives The focus of this systematic review was to consider whether lung volume recruitment (LVR) has an effect on pulmonary function test parameters in individuals with progressive childhood-onset neuromuscular diseases. The review was re[...]Article
Mario Lozano-Lozano ; Noelia Galiano-Castillo ; Ángela González-Santos ; Lucia Ortiz-Comino ; Marc Sampedro-Pilegaard ; Lydia Martín-Martín ; Manuel Arroyo-Morales |Background Medical and surgical treatments for breast cancer have various adverse effects. Both mobile health and supervised intervention strategies have been implemented to overcome these effects, but some gaps remain to be addressed. Scientifi[...]Article
Objective To determine the maximum permissible number of missed items on the 10-item Catherine Bergego Scale administered after the Kessler Foundation Neglect Assessment Process (KF-NAP). Secondary objectives were to determine the frequency, ch[...]Article
Félix Nindorera ; Ildephonse Nduwimana ; Alexis Sinzakaraye ; Eric Havyarimana ; Yannick Bleyenheuft ; Jean-Louis Thonnard ; Oyéné Kossi |Background The prevalence of physical inactivity after stroke is high and exercise training improves many outcomes. However, access to community training protocols is limited, especially in low-income settings. Objective To investigate the feasi[...]Article
Jiamin Yan ; Xiaohan Li ; Xiaoqin Guo ; Yanting Lin ; Sinuo Wang ; Yajun Cao ; Huawei Lin ; Yaling Dai ; Yanyi Ding ; Weilin Liu |Objective To review the evidence for the effectiveness of multicomponent exercise (an exercise program combining aerobic, endurance, balance, and flexibility exercises) on cognition, physical function, and activities of daily living in people wi[...]Article
Mei Zhen Huang ; Mark W. Rogers ; Douglas Pizac ; Ann L. Gruber-Baldini ; Denise Orwig ; Marc C. Hochberg ; Brock A. Beamer ; Robert A. Creath ; Douglas N. Savin ; Vincent M. Conroy ; Kathleen K Mangione ; Rebecca Craik ; Li-Qun Zhang ; Jay Magaziner |Objective To investigate the effect of 16-week home-based physical therapy interventions on gait and muscle strength. Design A single-blinded randomized controlled trial. Setting General community. Participants Thirty-four older adults (N=34) po[...]Article
Francisco Artacho-Cordón ; María del Mar Salinas-Asensio ; Noelia Galiano-Castillo ; Olga Ocón-Hernández ; Francisco M. Peinado ; Antonio Mundo-López ; Mario Lozano-Lozano ; Francisco Álvarez-Salvago ; Manuel Arroyo-Morales ; Carolina Fernandez-Lao ; Irene Cantarero-Villanueva |Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of ?Physio-EndEA?, a multimodal nine-week supervised exercise intervention, on quality of life, pain, and lumbopelvic impairments in women with endometriosis unresponsive to conventional therapy. Design Pa[...]Article
Objective To assess the extent to which pain sensitivity is altered in women with obesity with frequent knee symptoms who walk with either a hybrid training system (HTS) that provides antagonist muscle electrical stimulation vs sensory transcuta[...]Article
Hsiu-Yun Hsu ; Ta-Shen Kuan ; Ching-Liang Tsai ; Po-Ting Wu ; Yao-Lung Kuo ; Fong-Chin Su ; Li-Chieh Kuo |Objective To investigate the effects of perturbation-based pinch task training on the sensorimotor performance of the upper extremities of patients with chronic stroke via a novel vibrotactile therapy system. Design A single-blinded randomi[...]Article
Walkyria Vilas Boas Fernandes ; Fabiano Politti ; Cleófas Rodriguez Blanco ; Paulo Roberto Garcia Lucareli ; Cid André Fidelis de Paula Gomes ; Fernanda Ishida Corrêa ; João Carlos Ferrari Corrêa |Objective To investigate the effect of osteopathic visceral manipulation (OVM) on disability and pain intensity in individuals with functional constipation and chronic nonspecific low back pain. Methods This study is a randomized controlled tria[...]Article
Basak Mansiz-Kaplan ; Baris Nacir ; Secil Pervane-Vural ; Olcay Tosun-Meric ; Burcu Duyur-Cakit ; Hakan Genc |Objective To compare perineural dextrose injection efficacy in the treatment of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow with a control group. Design Prospective double-blind randomized control study. Setting Training and research hospital. Par[...]Article
Yue Xu ; Hua-Mei Cai ; Wan-Ting Yang ; Wei-Ping Li ; Bin Song ; Chuan Jiang ; Zheng-Zheng Zhang ; Zhong Chen ; Yu-Heng Li ; Hao-Zhi Zhang |Background Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction requires an extended period of postoperative rehabilitation. Psychological factors can affect recovery after surgery. Study of psychological factors is still limited to self-motivation, [...]Article
Objective To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the effectiveness of Pilates intervention on physical function in children and youth. Data Sources Six electronic databases were searched from inception to June 2018 using the term Pila[...]Article
Objective : To investigate the effects of local vibration applied to the plantar region of the foot on static and dynamic balance in stroke patients. Design : Randomised, controlled trial. Setting : Inpatient. Participants : Thirty patients w[...]Article
Clara E. Dismuke-Greer ; Emily J. Almeida ; Marc A. Silva ; Kristen Dams-O'Connor ; George Rocek ; Leah M. Phillips ; Ariana Del Negro ; William C. Walker ; Risa Nakase-Richardson |Objective To examine the association between severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) as measured by duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) and first year hospitalization costs for service members and veterans (SMVs) treated for TBI at Polytra[...]Article
Objective To determine whether the addition of a brief psychologically informed video to traditional physical therapy influenced function (primary aim), pain, and psychological beliefs (secondary aims) among adolescents with patellofemoral pa[...]Article
Objective To evaluate whether psychomotor therapy (PMT) in combination with usual care active exercise (AE) rehabilitation for the shoulder is superior to merely AE. Design The trial was a single-center, stratified (by corticosteroid inje[...]Article
Objective To qualitatively synthesize and quantitatively evaluate the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) on dyspnea, lung functions, fatigue, exercise capacity, and quality of life (QoL) in patients with COVID-19. Data Sources PubMed, Web o[...]Article
Objective To evaluate the effects of rehabilitation (physical and cognitive) treatments on the diagnosis severity and Disability Rating Scale (DRS) scores, adjusted for a number of potential confounders measured at baseline, in a large cohort[...]Article
Yingxiu Diao ; Jiaxin Pan ; Yuhua Xie ; Manxia Liao ; Dongyu Wu ; Hao Liu ; Linrong Liao |Objective The purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effects of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (rPMS) on pain intensity, functional mobility, and kinesiophobia in individuals with low back pain (LBP). Data Sources The P[...]Article
Yun-Juan Xie ; Qiang Gao ; Cheng-Qi He |Objective The purpose of this review was to systematically assess the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) intervention on gait in individuals with Parkinson disease (PD). Data Sources We searched online el[...]Article
Objective To investigate the effects of resistance exercise (RE) on body structure and function, activity, and participation in individuals with Parkinson Disease (PD) in the mild to moderate stages. Data Sources Medline, Embase, Web of S[...]Article
Objective To evaluate retrospectively the effect of robotic rehabilitation in a large group of children with motor impairment; an additional goal was to identify the effects in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and acquired brain injury (ABI)[...]Article
Kevin H. McLaughlin ; Stuart L. Mitchell ; Kristin R. Archer ; Hiral Master ; Saam Morshed ; Joshua L. Gary ; Clifford B. Jones ; Ellen J. MacKenzie ; Lisa Reider |Objective To examine the effect of severe lower extremity trauma on meeting Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAGA) 18 months after injury and perform an exploratory analysis to identify demographic, clinical, and psychosocial facto[...]Article
Joe Angelelli ; David McCartney ; Christian Roehmer ; Elizabeth C.S. Swart ; Eleanor Quinby ; Jessa Darwin ; Brad E. Dicianno |Objective To investigate social determinants of health (SDoH) interventions on individual health outcomes, population health, and cost for persons in the United States over age 18 living with disabilities and receiving long-term services and [...]Article
Objectives To compare the effects of Swiss ball stabilization training (SBST) and stable surface stabilization training (SSST) on the trunk control, abdominal muscle thickness, balance, and motor skills of children with spastic cerebral palsy (C[...]Article
Objective To compare the effect of telenursing and face-to-face training on the quality of life (QOL) of patients with a burn injury. Design This clinical trial with pretestposttest design on 3 groups was conducted in Kermanshah, Iran, from [...]Article
Richard M. Schein ; Anthony Yang ; Gina P. McKernan ; Matthew Mesoros ; Gede Pramana ; Mark R. Schmeler ; Brad E. Dicianno |Objective The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with variability in satisfaction with functional mobility (as measured by the Functional Mobility Assessment [FMA]) in users of mobility devices. Our primary hypothesis was[...]Article
Wanyi Qing ; Xian Shi ; Qing Zhang ; Lihong Peng ; Chengqi He, Che ; Quan Wei |Objective To evaluate the effects and safety of therapeutic ultrasound in patients with neck pain. Data Sources The PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and Physiotherapy Evidence databases were searched for articles published before December 1, 2020[...]Article
Yi Li ; Jiashang Huang ; Xiaohong Li ; Jia Qiao ; Xin Huang ; Lining Yang ; Heping Yu |Objective To investigate the efficacy and acceptability of virtual reality (VR) with time-dose-matched conventional therapy (CT) in patients poststroke with upper limb dysfunction. Data Sources Cochrane, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and [...]Article
Roberta O. Silva ; Filipe R. Carlos ; Melina C. Morales ; Vanessa de S. Emerick ; Ana I. Teruyu ; Victória M.A. Valadão ; Leonardo C. Carvalho ; Daniela F.M. Lobato |Introduction: Dynamic Tape (DT) is a biomechanical tape that is used to directly manage load, modify movement patterns, and assist functioning. However, no studies have evaluated its effectiveness in increasing gluteus medius (GM) muscle activ[...]Article
Objective To determine the effect of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on changes in functional capacity among patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and a type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) comorbidity compared with patients without T2D. Data Sources[...]Article
Background Wearable exoskeletons are a recently developed technology. Objectives The present systematic review aimed to investigate the effect of a wearable exoskeleton on post-stroke walking by considering its use in a gait training system and [...]Article
Hafiz Syed Ijaz Ahmed Burq ; Hafiz Syed Ijaz Ahmed Burq ; Hossein Karimi ; Ashfaq Ahmad ; Syed Amir Gilani ; Asif Hanif |Objective To assess the effect of Whole-Body Vibration (WBV) and Routine Physiotherapy (RP) on obstacle crossing and stair negotiation time in chronic stroke patients. Methods The current study was randomized, parallel-group, assessor-blinded, c[...]Article
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common cause of non-traumatic disability in people aged 10?65 years. Evidence exists for the effectiveness of multidisciplinary rehabilitation and exercise. However, the effectiveness of other rehabilitation a[...]Article
Noé Labata-Lezaun ; Noé Labata-Lezaun ; Vanessa González-Rueda ; Carlos López-de-Celis ; Simón Cedeño-Bermúdez ; Joan Bañuelos-Pago ; Albert Pérez-Bellmunt ; Albert Pérez-Bellmunt |Objective To analyze the effectiveness of the blood flow restriction training in improving muscle strength and physical performance in older adults. Data Sources A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials was conducted[...]Article
Hui-Min Xie ; Ting-Ting Guo ; Xuan Sun ; Han-Xiao Ge ; Xue-Dan Chen ; Ke-Jia Zhao ; Li-Ning Zhang |Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) in the treatment of hemiplegic shoulder pain. Data Sources PubMed, EMBASE, Elsevier, Springer, Cochrane Library, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, CNKI, and VIP were rese[...]Article
Samantha Jacobi ; Amber Beynon ; Stephan U. Dombrowski ; Niels Wedderkopp ; Richelle Witherspoon ; Jeffrey J. Hébert |Objective To investigate the effectiveness of conservative nonpharmacologic therapies on pain, disability, physical capacity, and physical activity outcomes in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Data Sources Systemat[...]Article
Objective To investigate the effects of continuous chest wall vibration with concurrent aerobic training in addition to a 4-week pulmonary rehabilitation program on dyspnea and functional exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive[...]Article
Luis Ceballos-Laita ; Sandra Jiménez-del-Barrio ; Javier Marín-Zurdo ; Alejandro Moreno-Calvo ; Javier Marín-Boné ; María Isabel Albarova-Corral ; Elena Estébanez-de-Miguel |Objective To investigate the short-term effects of dry needling (DN) on physical function, pain, and hip muscle strength in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA). Design A double-blind, placebo-control, randomized controlled trial. Setti[...]Article
Purpose The objective of this study was to evaluate the early onset of rehabilitation on restoring the postural stability of patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) at the 3rd postoperative month. Methods Forty patients a[...]Article
Ashan Wijekoon ; Subashini Jayawardana ; Rhian Milton-Cole ; Muhandiramlage Chandrathilaka ; Amy Jones ; Sophie Cook ; Ed Morrison ; Katie J. Sheehan |Objectives To synthesize evidence for (1) the effectiveness of exercise-based rehabilitation interventions in the community and/or at home after transfemoral and transtibial amputation on pain, physical function, and quality of life and (2) the [...]Article
Fernando Estévez-López ; Cristina Maestre-Cascales ; Deborrah Russell ; Inmaculada C. Álvarez-Gallardo ; María Rodriguez-Ayllon ; Ciara M. Hughes ; Gareth W. Davison ; Borja Sañudo ; Joseph G. McVeigh |Objectives To determine the effects of exercise on fatigue and sleep quality in fibromyalgia (primary aim) and to identify which type of exercise is the most effective in achieving these outcomes (secondary aim). Data Sources PubMed and Web[...]Article
Christophe Romanet ; Johan Wormser ; Audrey Fels ; Pauline Lucas ; Camille Prudat ; Emmanuelle Sacco ; Cédric Bruel ; Gaëtan Plantefève ; Frédéric Pene ; Gilles Chatellier ; François Philippart |Background COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS) is a severe evolution of the Sars-Cov-2 infection and necessitates intensive care. COVID-19 may subsequently be associated with long COVID, whose symptoms can include persis[...]Article
María Encarnación Aguilar-Ferrándiz ; Sonia Toledano-Moreno ; María Carmen García-Ríos ; Rosa María Tapia-Haro ; Francisco Javier Barrero-Hernández ; Antonio Casas-Barragán |Objective To analyze the effectiveness of a home-based restorative and compensatory upper limb apraxia (ULA) rehabilitation program. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Neurology Unit of San Cecilio Hospital and 2 private and [...]Article
Lynn A. Worobey ; Gina McKernan ; Maria Toro ; Jonathan Pearlman ; Rachel E. Cowan ; Allen W. Heinemann ; Trevor A. Dyson-Hudson ; Jessica Presperin Pedersen ; Matthew Mesoros ; Michael L. Boninger |Objective To assess the effectiveness of group wheelchair maintenance training and investigate participant characteristics associated with responsiveness to training. Design Randomized controlled trial with an immediate group and a waitlist[...]Article
Objective To compare the effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) combined with strengthening and stretching exercises in patients with fibromyalgia. Design Interventional, singl[...]