Carla Vanti

TL;DR: The Italian ODI and RMDQ proved to be sensitive in detecting clinical changes after conservative treatment for subacute and chronic LBP, thus allowing cross-cultural comparisons and stimulating cross-national studies.

TL;DR: The Italian version of the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI-I) questionnaire was successfully translated into Italian, showing good factorial structure and psychometric properties, replicating the results of existing language versions of the questionnaire.

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials regarding the effect of conservative interventions on pain and function in people with thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis found moderate quality evidence that manual therapy and therapeutic exercise combined with manual therapy improve pain in thumb CMC OA at short- and intermediate-term follow-up.

TL;DR: The successfully translated Italian version of the PCS has good psychometric properties replicating those of other versions, including the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia and the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale.

TL;DR: It is suggested that a GPR intervention in subjects with persistent LBP induces a greater improvement on pain and disability as compared to a SE program.