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Comparison of the effectiveness of manual massage, long-wave diathermy, and sham long-wave diathermy for the management of delayed-onset muscle soreness: a randomized controlled trial

Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a specific symptom that typically arises after unaccustomed eccentric muscular effort. It increases typically 24–72 h post-exercise and can affect physical performance. ...

Authors: Lorenzo Visconti, Corrado Forni, Rudi Coser, Marco Trucco, Elisa Magnano and Gianpiero Capra

Electrical interferential current stimulation versus electrical acupuncture in management of hemiplegic shoulder pain and disability following ischemic stroke-a randomized clinical trial

Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain (HSP) is among common complications occurring after stroke leading to disability. This study was conducted to compare the effects of electrical Interferential Current stimulation (IFC)...

Authors: Fariba Eslamian, Mehdi Farhoudi, Fatemeh Jahanjoo, Elyar Sadeghi-Hokmabadi and Parvin Darabi

Risk factor and symptoms of burnout in physiotherapists in the canton of Bern

Several studies have shown that the risk of burnout is high for people working in health professions. Many physiotherapists have either suffered from burn out personally or have seen colleagues suffer from it....

Authors: Slavko Rogan, Yanni Verhavert, Evert Zinzen, Fabienne Rey, Aline Scherer and Eefje Luijckx

The optimal degree of lateral wedge insoles for reducing knee joint load: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lateral wedge insoles are traditionally used to reduce the adduction moment that crosses the knee during walking in people with medial knee osteoarthritis. However, the best degree to reduce knee joint load is...

Authors: Vitor Ferreira, Rita Simões, Rui Soles Gonçalves, Leandro Machado and Paulo Roriz

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference AIFI 2017. Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations, Evidences and Clinical Reasoning in Physiotherapy Practice

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Does the awareness of having a lumbar spondylolisthesis influence self-efficacy and kinesiophobia? A retrospective analysis

High pain self-efficacy and low kinesiophobia seem related to a better prognosis in patients complaining of low back pain (LBP). The literature stresses the potential negative effects of anatomical defect diag...

Authors: Silvano Ferrari, Rosa Striano, Eric Lucking, Paolo Pillastrini, Marco Monticone and Carla Vanti

Feasibility and effectiveness of thoracic spine mobilization on sympathetic/parasympathetic balance in a healthy population - a randomized controlled double-blinded pilot study

Physiotherapists often use thoracic spine mobilization (TSM) to reduce pain in patients with back disorders via a reduction of sympathetic activity. There is a “trade-off” in the activity of the sympathetic an...

Authors: Slavko Rogan, Jan Taeymans, Peter Clarys, Ron Clijsen and Amir Tal-Akabi

Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, construct validity and factor structure of a falls risk perception questionnaire in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study

Older adults with type 2 diabetes (DM2) are at increased risk of falling due to complications including: diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, autonomic neuropathy and diabetic foot ulcers. The...

Authors: Janelle Gravesande, Julie Richardson, Lauren Griffith and Fran Scott

Limb girdle muscular dystrophy: a case report initially presenting to an outpatient musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinic with spinal pain and functional weakness

The term limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) describes a group of genetic muscular disorders that require specialist input from neurologically trained clinicians. The plethora of potential symptoms of this h...

Authors: Simon O’Shea and Thomas M. Jenkins

The effects of regenerative injection therapy compared to corticosteroids for the treatment of lateral Epicondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The lateral epicondyle is a common site for chronic tendinosis (i.e. lateral epicondylitis), a condition characterized by overuse and degeneration of a tendon due to repeated microtrauma. This leads to pain an...

Authors: Julie Barnett, Madison N. Bernacki, Jessica L. Kainer, Hannah N. Smith, Annette M. Zaharoff and Sandeep K. Subramanian

The “subluxation” issue: an analysis of chiropractic clinic websites

Vertebral subluxation theories are controversial in chiropractic. Divisions are evident in the chiropractic community among those who align their practices to subluxation theories and those who do not. This st...

Authors: Alessandro R. Marcon, Blake Murdoch and Timothy Caulfield

Attitude of physiotherapists toward electronic health record in Croatia

Electronic health record can facilitate everyday clinical practice of physiotherapists. The aim of this study is to determine attitude of physiotherapists towards implementation of information technology in th...

Authors: Manuela Filipec and Gordana Brumini

Is there a relationship between self-efficacy, disability, pain and sociodemographic characteristics in chronic low back pain? A multicenter retrospective analysis

Pain-related self-efficacy is defined as the beliefs held by people with chronic pain that certain activities can be carried out despite the pain. Poor self-efficacy is an obstacle to the recovery and predicts...

Authors: Silvano Ferrari, Carla Vanti, Marta Pellizzer, Luca Dozza, Marco Monticone and Paolo Pillastrini

Review of scoliosis-specific exercise methods used to correct adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) refers to a spinal curvature of an unknown origin diagnosed in otherwise healthy children. A conservative treatment approach includes physiotherapy scoliosis-specific exer...

Authors: Joseph M. Day, Jeremy Fletcher, Mackenzie Coghlan and Terrence Ravine

Benefits and challenges with gamified multi-media physiotherapy case studies: a mixed method study

The use of gamification in higher education context has become popular in recent years with one aim of enhancing learning motivation, yet, it is unknown how physiotherapy students perceive gamified education e...

Authors: Doris Yin Kei Chong

Bringing context to balance: development of a reactive balance test within the injury prevention and return to sport domain

Balance tests are commonly used in clinical practice with applicability in injury prevention and return to sport decisions. While most sports injuries occur in a changing environment where reacting to a non-pl...

Authors: Jo Verschueren, Bruno Tassignon, Bert Pluym, Jeroen Van Cutsem, Evert Verhagen and Romain Meeusen

Societá Italiana de Fisioterapia and the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)

This paper provides an overview of a free resource that can be used by physiotherapists to assist their efforts to undertake evidence-based practice. The resource is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro;

Authors: Mark R. Elkins and Anne M. Moseley

Questioning the “SPIN and SNOUT” rule in clinical testing

Specificity (SP) and sensitivity (SE) answer the question ‘what is the chance of a positive or negative test in response to the presence or absence of a clinical condition?’. Related to SP and SE are the diagn...

Authors: Jean-Pierre Baeyens, Ben Serrien, Maggie Goossens and Ron Clijsen

The validity of spatiotemporal gait analysis using dual laser range sensors: a cross-sectional study

The spatiotemporal parameters were used for sophisticated gait analysis in widespread clinical use. Recently, a laser range sensor has been proposed as a new device for the spatiotemporal gait measurement. How...

Authors: Masanobu Iwai, Soichiro Koyama, Shigeo Tanabe, Shohei Osawa, Kazuya Takeda, Ikuo Motoya, Hiroaki Sakurai, Yoshikiyo Kanada and Nobutoshi Kawamura

Do alterations in muscle strength, flexibility, range of motion, and alignment predict lower extremity injury in runners: a systematic review

Injury is common in running and seen to impact up to 94% of recreational runners. Clinicians often use alterations from normal musculoskeletal clinical assessments to assess for risk of injury, but it is uncle...

Authors: Shefali M. Christopher, Jeremy McCullough, Suzanne J. Snodgrass and Chad Cook

Can action observation modulate balance performance in healthy subjects?

Action observation activates brain motor networks and, if followed by action imitation, it facilitates motor learning and functional recovery in patients with both neurological and musculoskeletal disorders. T...

Authors: Roberto Gatti, Elisabetta Sarasso, Mattia Pelachin, Federica Agosta, Massimo Filippi and Andrea Tettamanti

Which factors are associated with the functional recovery in patients undergoing endoprosthetic knee reconstruction following bone tumour resection? – A observational study

The aim of the present study was to explore whether control of balance and other factors were associated with functional recovery and walking performance in the short term in a group of patients receiving modu...

Authors: Mattia Morri, Debora Raffa, Daniela Vigna, Maria Barbieri, Elisabetta Mariani and Davide Maria Donati

Predictors of mobility domain of health-related quality of life after rehabilitation in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study

Parkinson’s disease impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL), however no studies inquired on predictors of HRQoL changes after rehabilitation. This study assessed the relationship between mobility domain...

Authors: Thomas Bowman, Elisa Gervasoni, Riccardo Parelli, Johanna Jonsdottir, Maurizio Ferrarin, Davide Cattaneo and Ilaria Carpinella

An ultrasonographic analysis of the activation patterns of abdominal muscles in children with spastic type cerebral palsy and in typically developing individuals: a comparative study

Abdominal muscles have stiffer appearance in individuals with spastic type cerebral palsy (STCP) than in their typically developing (TD) peers. This apparent stiffness has been implicated in pelvic instability...

Authors: Saviour Kweku Adjenti, Graham Jacob Louw, Jennifer Jelsma and Marianne Unger

Ethics reporting practices in randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions after stroke

Adequate reporting of ethics-related research methods promotes convergence on best ethics practices. In physical therapy, studies on ethics reporting are limited to few aspects, and none focuses on stroke rese...

Authors: Francesco Ferrarello, Matteo Viligiardi and Mauro Di Bari

Towards an integrated clinical framework for patient with shoulder pain

Shoulder pain (SP) represents a common musculoskeletal condition that requires physical therapy care. Along the years, the usual evaluation strategies based on clinical tests and diagnostic imaging has been ch...

Authors: Diego Ristori, Simone Miele, Giacomo Rossettini, Erica Monaldi, Diego Arceri and Marco Testa

Exploring cued and non-cued motor imagery interventions in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomised feasibility trial and reliability study

Motor imagery (MI) is increasingly used in neurorehabilitation to facilitate motor performance. Our previous study results demonstrated significantly improved walking after rhythmic-cued MI in people with mult...

Authors: Barbara Seebacher, Raija Kuisma, Angela Glynn and Thomas Berger

Rasch analysis of the patient-rated wrist evaluation questionnaire

The Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE) was developed as a wrist joint specific measure of pain and disability and evidence of sound validity has been accumulated through classical psychometric methods. Rasc...

Authors: Saravanan Esakki, Joy C. MacDermid, Joshua I. Vincent, Tara L. Packham, David Walton and Ruby Grewal

Mirror therapy for an adult with central post-stroke pain: a case report

Treatment of central post-stroke pain (CPSP) after a thalamic-capsular stroke is generally based on pharmacological approach as it is low responsive to physiotherapy. In this case report, the use of mirror the...

Authors: Davide Corbetta, Elisabetta Sarasso, Federica Agosta, Massimo Filippi and Roberto Gatti

The necessary conditions of engagement for the therapeutic relationship in physiotherapy: an interpretive description study

The therapeutic relationship between patient and physiotherapist is a central component of patient-centred care and has been positively associated with better physiotherapy clinical outcomes. Despite its influ...

Authors: Maxi Miciak, Maria Mayan, Cary Brown, Anthony S. Joyce and Douglas P. Gross

Physiotherapy for people with mental health problems in Sub-Saharan African countries: a systematic review

There is a need for psychosocial interventions to address the escalating mental health burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Physiotherapists could have a central role in reducing the burden and facilitating rec...

Authors: Davy Vancampfort, Brendon Stubbs, Michel Probst and James Mugisha

Are they publishing? A descriptive cross-sectional profile and bibliometric analysis of the journal publication productivity of Italian physiotherapists

In a clinical science-based profession such as physiotherapy, research is mandatory to update knowledge and to provide cost-effective, high quality treatments. This study aimed to provide point prevalence of I...

Authors: Stefano Vercelli, Elisa Ravizzotti and Matteo Paci

Participation in physical activities for children with cerebral palsy: feasibility and effectiveness of physical activity on prescription

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) are less physically active and more sedentary than other children which implies risk factors for their physical and mental health. Physical activity on prescription (PAP) is a...

Authors: Katarina Lauruschkus, Inger Hallström, Lena Westbom, Åsa Tornberg and Eva Nordmark

How to diagnose cervicogenic dizziness

Cervicogenic dizziness (CGD) is a clinical syndrome characterized by the presence of dizziness and associated neck pain. There are no definitive clinical or laboratory tests for CGD and therefore CGD is a diag...

Authors: Alexander S. Reiley, Frank M. Vickory, Sarah E. Funderburg, Rachel A. Cesario and Richard A. Clendaniel

Physiotherapy in upper abdominal surgery – what is current practice in Australia?

Upper abdominal surgery (UAS) has the potential to cause post-operative pulmonary complications (PPCs). In the absence of high-quality research regarding post-operative physiotherapy management, consensus-base...

Authors: Shane Patman, Alice Bartley, Allex Ferraz and Cath Bunting

Side alternating vibration training in patients with mitochondrial disease: a pilot study

Side alternating vibration training (SAVT) is a mechanical oscillation using a vibrating platform that simulates exercise. We hypothesized that patients with mitochondrial myopathies, who experience muscle wea...

Authors: Christopher Newell, Barbara Ramage, Ion Robu, Jane Shearer and Aneal Khan

Effectiveness of three modes of kinetic-chain exercises on quadriceps muscle strength and thigh girth among individuals with knee osteoarthritis

The study was designed to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of 12-week open, closed and combined kinetic-chain exercises (OKCE, CKCE and CCE) on quadriceps muscle strength and thigh girth of patients with...

Authors: Oladapo Michael Olagbegi, Babatunde Olusola Adegoke and Adesola Christiana Odole

Exploring barriers to accessing physiotherapy services for stroke patients at Tema general hospital, Ghana

Physiotherapy has been shown to reduce the risk of disability among stroke patients. Poor adherence to physiotherapy can negatively affect outcomes and healthcare cost. However, very little is known about barr...

Authors: Mercy Nketia-Kyere, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Justice Nonvignon and Moses Aikins

Developing the content of a locomotor disability scale for adults in Bangladesh: a qualitative study

Bangladesh has an estimated 17 million adults with disabilities. A significant proportion of them are believed to have locomotor disabilities. There are over 300 non-governmental organizations providing differ...

Authors: Ilias Mahmud, Lynda Clarke and George B. Ploubidis

Using Xbox kinect motion capture technology to improve clinical rehabilitation outcomes for balance and cardiovascular health in an individual with chronic TBI

Motion capture virtual reality-based rehabilitation has become more common. However, therapists face challenges to the implementation of virtual reality (VR) in clinical settings. Use of motion capture technol...

Authors: Shane Chanpimol, Bryant Seamon, Haniel Hernandez, Michael Harris-Love and Marc R. Blackman

A survey of physicians and physiotherapists on physical activity promotion in Nigeria

Effective control of non-communicable diseases and promotion of population-wide physical activity participation require the active engagement of health professionals. Physiotherapists and physicians, as part o...

Authors: Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Adetoyeje Y. Oyeyemi, Rahana Y. Habib, Rashida B. Usman, Jasper U. Sunday and Zubair Usman

Depicting individual responses to physical therapist led chronic pain self-management support with pain science education and exercise in primary health care: multiple case studies

Previous evidence suggests self-management programs for people with chronic pain improve knowledge and self-efficacy, but result in small to negligible changes in function. The purpose of this multiple case st...

Authors: Jordan Miller, Joy C. MacDermid, Julie Richardson, David M. Walton and Anita Gross

Content validity and test-retest reliability of a low back pain questionnaire in Zimbabwean adolescents

In Zimbabwe, a recent increase in the volume of research on recurrent non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) has revealed that adolescents are commonly affected. This is alarming to health professionals and parent...

Authors: Matthew Chiwaridzo, Tafadzwa Nicole Chikasha, Nirmala Naidoo, Jermaine Matewu Dambi, Cathrine Tadyanemhandu, Nyaradzai Munambah and Precious Trish Chizanga

Hemodynamics and tissue oxygenation effects after increased in positive end-expiratory pressure in coronary artery bypass surgery

Cardiac surgery is widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. However, several complications can be observed during the postoperative period. Positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) improves gas ...

Authors: Vanessa Marques Ferreira Méndez, Mayron F. Oliveira, Adriana do Nascimento Baião, Patrícia Andrade Xavier, Carlos Gun, Priscila A. Sperandio and Iracema I. K. Umeda

A therapist-focused knowledge translation intervention for improving patient adherence in musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice

Nonadherence to treatment remains high among patients with musculoskeletal conditions with negative impact on the treatment outcomes, use of personal and cost of care. An active knowledge translation (KT) stra...

Authors: Folarin Omoniyi Babatunde, Joy Christine MacDermid and Norma MacIntyre

Combined treatment with paraffin, manual therapy, pegboard and splinting in a patient with post-traumatic stiff hand

The stiff hand is a still common, severe complication of hand injuries.

Authors: Eva Santacreu Santacreu, Núria Villanueva Cabezas and Asunción Bosch Graupera

Measurement properties of the upright motor control test for adults with stroke: a systematic review

The Upright Motor Control Test (UMCT) has been used in clinical practice and research to assess functional strength of the hemiparetic lower limb in adults with stroke. It is unclear if evidence is sufficient ...

Authors: Edward James R. Gorgon and Rolando T. Lazaro

Implementation of the physical function ICU test tool in a resource constrained intensive care unit to promote early mobilisation of critically ill patients- a feasibility study

The shift of focus in outcome measures from mortality to assessment of functional status in intensive care unit (ICU) patients has resulted in the emergence of mobilisation of critically ill patients as a stan...

Authors: Cathrine Tadyanemhandu and Shamila Manie

5th National Congress of the Italian Society of Physiotherapy

S1 Criteria for exercises selection in subjects with low back pain

Authors: Alessandro Aina, Marco Barbero, Barbara Cagnie, Elena Castelli, Chad Cook, Silvano Ferrari, Andrea Foglia, Paolo Bizzarri, Donatella Giraudo, Chris Littlewood, Paolo Pillastrini, Daniele Piscitelli, Michele Romano, Andrea Tettamanti, Carla Vanti, Stefano Vercelli…

Use of social media among Italian physiotherapists: a new opportunity for the profession or an unfavorable trend toward guruism?

The advent of social media such as Facebook has introduced new opportunities for knowledge sharing and professional networking. Currently, little is known on how physiotherapists participate in virtual communi...

Authors: Stefano Vercelli