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The JH-HLM has excellent reliability when used by physical therapists in the ICU.

The JH-HLM has excellent reliability across several types of ICUs.

The CMTPedS-Br is culturally appropriate for the Brazilian population.

The CMTPedS-Br showed adequate reliability and face validity.

The CMTPedS-Br will allow Brazil to be part of multicentered studies on such a rare but debilitating condition.

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a primary cause of pain and disability.

Mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT) is a suitable approach for CLBP.

Improvements with MDT in CLBP are similar to other physical therapy approaches.

The SBST can be used to stratify baseline characteristics in patients with chronic LBP.

Outcomes over a 6-month period were consistently greater in high risk patients.

The SBST itself predicts disability in both short and medium terms.

The SBST does not add predictive value to basic baseline characteristics.

6MWT is the most frequent and well-established test used in clinical settings and research.

6MWT distance has strong positive association with age, arm span, height, and weight.

Arm span, similar to height, is a strong predictor of 6MWT distance in healthy children.

Back-PAQ-Br is a questionnaire that evaluates attitudes and beliefs about back pain

Back-PAQ-Br has measurement properties that are similar to the original version

Back-PAQ-Br is reliable and valid to assess attitudes and beliefs about back pain

Back-PAQ-Br can assess people with and without back pain, and healthcare professionals

Back-PAQ-Br can be used in research and in the clinical setting

Phenotypes of individuals with COPD vary according to body composition and (in)activity.

Different clinical impacts are present in patients according to these phenotypes.

Obesity associated to sarcopenia and inactivity is the most debilitating phenotype.