Articles in press
Articles in press are accepted, peer reviewed articles that are not yet assigned to volumes/issues, but are citable using DOI. More info
- •
Dynapenia and abdominal obesity were associated with single fall.
- •
Dynapenic-abdominal obesity people are more likely to fall.
- •
Dynapenia was the unique condition associated with recurrent falls.
- •
There is a close interaction between insomnia and pain severity/disability.
- •
CBT-I can improve sleep and pain interference in chronic spinal pain.
- •
Clinical implication 1: combined approach may improve pain, sleep and function.
- •
Clinical implication 2: may lead to new treatment guidelines for professionals.
- •
Nonspecific neck pain patients can be classified based on pain mechanisms.
- •
The proposed classification strategy has clinically acceptable interrater reliability.
- •
The classification holds the potential to guide physical therapy interventions.
- •
Validity testing is the necessary next step to justify this approach for clinical use.
- •
Electrical stimulation was tolerable in patients with chronic low back pain.
- •
Stabilization exercises with NMES did not add clinical benefit for the CLBP.
- •
Because of the small sample; clinicians should interpreting the results cautiously.
- •
Physical therapists from dermatology report having knowledge to be able to implement EBP.
- •
Physical therapists from dermatology believe having skills to be able to implement EBP.
- •
There were inconsistencies on some answers about knowledge and skills related to EBP.
- •
Less than one-third of physical therapy trials reported confidence intervals.
- •
The prevalence observed is lower than equivalent analyses in other disciplines.
- •
Analysis showed consistent increases in the proportion of trials that used confidence intervals with time.
- •
PNF training statistically improves pain intensity, disability and static balance of working-age CLBP people.
- •
Magnitudes of difference of outcomes between PNF training and general trunk exercises did not reach clinical important changes.
- •
The therapist should take into account to use these interventions in rehabilitation programme for CLBP patients.
- •
Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability in Brazil.
- •
Brazil has adopted unwarranted practices in the management of low back pain.
- •
Brazil faces a significant challenge with overuse of medical services for LBP.
- •
Tackling low back pain will require engagement of all relevant stakeholders.
