Physical therapy yields modest improvements in chronic low back pain
1. In this randomized controlled trial, physical therapy (PT) was associated with a modest improvement in function compared with cognitive ...
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#VisualAbstract: Therapeutic aquatic exercise is superior at improving disability and severity of low back pain compared to physical therapy
1. This single-blind, randomized controlled trial found that disability and severity of low back pain significantly improved in the aquatic ...
#VisualAbstract: Early physical therapy effective in reducing disability for patients with lower back pain
1. Early physical therapy (EPT) was more effective than usual care alone for reducing disability, back pain, and fear-avoidance beliefs ...
Early physical therapy effective in reducing disability for acute low back pain and sciatica
1. Early physical therapy (EPT) was more effective than usual care alone for reducing disability, back pain, and fear-avoidance beliefs ...
Physical therapy reduces pain in adults with knee osteoarthritis
1. Physical therapy was shown to significantly reduce pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis compared to the patients who received ...
Quick Take: Arthroscopic hip surgery compared with physiotherapy and activity modification for the treatment of symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement: multicentre randomised controlled trial
Patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) have a predisposition towards premature joint degeneration. While physiotherapy and modified activity represents the principal ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 11, 2019
Factors associated with unplanned reoperation after above-knee amputation Unplanned reoperation is a significant source of morbidity and mortality in patients ...
Spinal manipulative therapy linked to modest improvements in pain and function for acute low back pain
1. In a systematic review and meta-analysis, spinal manipulative therapy was associated with statistically significant benefits in both pain and ...
Rehabilitation beneficial for patients with respiratory failure
1. In this randomized controlled trial, rehabilitation therapy, over the short term, did not reduce the time to discharge in ...
Corticosteroids and physical therapy equally effective for shoulder impingement syndrome
1. Corticosteroid injection and manual physical therapy produced similar improvements in pain and quality of life scores for patients with ...
