Showing papers in "Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies in 2018"

TL;DR: Almost perfect reproducibility was found in the body fat percentage estimated by BIA, and there was almost perfect correlation between the BIA ratings and reference methods for fat mass and fat-free mass.

TL;DR: The majority of the clinical trials in the last five years into the use of Pilates as a rehabilitation tool have found it to be effective in achieving desired outcomes, particularly in the area of reducing pain and disability.

TL;DR: The findings of this study indicated that all three interventions were effective in improving hamstring flexibility in young asymptomatic individuals when performed by the therapist.

TL;DR: Qigong exercise significantly improved pain intensity, back functional impairment, range of motion, core muscle strength, heart rate, respiratory rate, and mental status, and the Qigong group had a significantly higher global outcome satisfaction than the waiting list group.

TL;DR: Case reports and small-scale clinical trials of poor methodological quality presented in this review did not allow us to draw a clear conclusion about the effectiveness of manual therapy in the treatment of AIS, but it is assumed that manual therapy techniques such as myofascial release and spinal manipulative techniques may potentially be effective in treating AIS in conjunction with other conservative treatments.

TL;DR: There was a significant association and increased prevalence of NP with a number of risk factors such as; being female, age, general health, length of employment, regular exercise and job satisfaction, and P < 0.05 in all instances.

TL;DR: This pilot randomized controlled trial showed that the TDT significantly improved the swallowing function of the MS patients with dysphagia.

TL;DR: It is concluded that foot orthoses decrease frontal plane hip joint moment asymmetry, but have little effect on ankle and knee joint asymmetry.

TL;DR: The result suggests that neither manual therapy nor stabilization exercise therapy is superior for treating subacute or chronic sacroiliac joint dysfunction.

TL;DR: Higher frequency of pelvic musculoskeletal dysfunctions in women with CPP suggests the value of routine musculo-kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) goodness-of-fit, Independent t, X2 and Pearson correlation tests for earlier diagnosis of musculosity originated CPP and effective management of these patients.

TL;DR: It is suggested that abdominal hypopressive gymnastics can activate the abdominal muscles and PFM and the position do not have influence on electromyographic activation level of the P FM and external oblique.

TL;DR: Based on the findings, osteopathy exerts an influence on the autonomic nervous system depending on the stimulation site and type, whereas a greater sympathetic response was found when stimulation was performed in the thoracic region.

TL;DR: Patients presenting with higher levels of post-needling soreness, not perceiving dry needling effectiveness in the first session, or not having high myofascial pain intensity before treatment, could be the most likely to find post- needing soreness more distressing, functionally limiting and to abandon treatment.

TL;DR: Dry needling and friction massage were equally effective in improving symptoms in patients with TTH, and between-group comparisons showed that dry needling increased pain threshold significantly more than friction massage.

TL;DR: The MyotonPRO is a feasible device for easy measurement of passive tissue properties of the Achilles tendon and plantar fascia in a clinical setting and may provide new aspects in the diagnostics and therapy of plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinopathy.

TL;DR: Direction-movement control training is likely to be an effective training program to enhance body functionality through improvement of pain, function, endurance, head repositioning accuracy, range of motion, and cervical flexor endurance in females.

TL;DR: After the intervention, the symptomatic group reported improvement in pain and function on the WOMAC, while the asymptomatic group showed improvement in performance in the Step Up/Over test.

TL;DR: The results showed that implementation of a Pilates program can improve QOL of sedentary elderly women.

TL;DR: Both IASTM and stretching appear to have a greater effect on soleus muscle flexibility as evidenced by ROM gains measured with the knee in a flexed position, which warrants further investigation for increasing dorsiflexion range of motion as a summative effect is unknown.

TL;DR: Data support the concept that specific collagen peptide supplementation in athletes with chronic ankle instability results in significant improvements in subjective perceived ankle stability and the reduction in the re-injury rate of ankle sprains in the follow-up period suggests that these findings have clinical relevance.

TL;DR: The results suggest that a combination of cervical mobilization withoutine physiotherapy is more effective for reducing pain and disability and improving NME and neck ROM in patients with chronic mechanical NP compared to routine physiotherapy alone.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight recent developments of research activities in the field of fascia sciences with a special emphasis on assessment strategies as the basis of further studies, and other assessment methods for fascial tissue are discussed.

TL;DR: Resistance training was more effective than sophrology in improving strength and functional capacity of women with fibromyalgia.

TL;DR: Results showed very interesting improvements in symptoms of CD, ODD and ADHD-HI (hyperactive-impulsive), while ADHD-PI (predominantly inattentive) showed only minor improvements, which demonstrates that TJQ and QG may be a promising treatment of symptoms for children with behavioural disorders.

TL;DR: A literature review found no clinical trials or basic research studies to support the empirical foundations of the FDM contentions, and seven problems emerge, the most striking of which include diagnostic criteria for FDM, the biological implausibility of the model.

TL;DR: F multifidus muscle size was decreased in 15-18 years old male adolescents suffering from LBP compared with their healthy counterparts, and pain intensity and functional disability index was significantly correlated with muscle size in the experimental group.

TL;DR: Real-time US imaging is recommended as a reliable way of determining the thicknesses of the TrA and IO muscle (and to some extent, EO muscle) for both healthy and LBP patients.

TL;DR: Efforts to increase levels of physical activity should be focused on older adolescents and those with lower monthly family income, as they are more likely to be insufficiently active.

TL;DR: This is the first report of a patient diagnosed with functional PNE managed with OMT, and a link between PNE, scar and pelvic somatic dysfunctions could suggest double crush syndrome.

TL;DR: Patients with acute and chronic back pain reported statistically significant improvements in PRO four weeks after initiated chiropractic care, and relatively rapid improvements of PRO scores warrant further clinical investigations.