Showing papers in "Journal of Physiotherapy in 2013"

TL;DR: The Berg Balance Scale has acceptable reliability, although it might not detect modest, clinically important changes in balance in individual subjects, and was only able to comment on the absolute reliability of the Bergbalance Scale among people with moderately poor to normal balance.

TL;DR: It is suggested that progressive resistance exercise can be effective and worthwhile in people with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease, but carryover of benefit does not occur for all measures of physical performance.

TL;DR: There is a significant difference in grip strength with each ascending year of age in favour of the older group, as well as a trend for boys to be stronger than girls in all age groups between 4 and 15 years.

TL;DR: There is not yet strong evidence that alternative exercise regimens can reduce urinary leakage in women with stress urinary incontinence, and these regimens should not yet be recommended for use in clinical practice.

TL;DR: Physiotherapists should be aware and advise runners that past RRI and speed training are associated with increased risk of further RRI, while interval training is associated with lower risk, although these associations may not be causative.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that, for people with stroke who can walk, treadmill training without body weight support results in faster walking speed and greater distance than no intervention/ non-walking intervention and the benefit is maintained beyond the training period.

TL;DR: More than two-thirds of people after stroke recovered independent ambulation and less than half recovered upper limb function at six months, with models containing age and severity of stroke predicted recovery of ambulations and ability to move a cup across the table.

TL;DR: Physiotherapist-directed rehabilitation exercises appear to be similarly effective whether they are performed unsupervised at home or supervised by a physiotherapist in an outpatient setting.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors showed that the impact of course length on the 6MWD and on the use of reference equations in patients with COPD is substantial and clinically relevant (based on the most conservative published minimum clinically important difference).

TL;DR: The exercises failed to significantly reduce the number of injuries in male amateur soccer players within one season, but did significantly reduce injury-related costs.

TL;DR: Inspiratory muscle training did not shorten the weaning period significantly but it increased respiratory muscle strength and tidal volume.

TL;DR: Massage reduced the severity of pain in labour, despite not changing its characteristics and location, according to the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire.

TL;DR: Program-related factors may influence adherence to group exercise interventions for the prevention of falls, and the effect of intervention level factors on adherence and theeffect of adherence on intervention efficacy are found.

TL;DR: Results of this study indicate that strategies to increase physical activity are required and adults with lower limb orthopaedic conditions in inpatient rehabilitation are relatively inactive and do not meet current physical activity guidelines for older adults.

TL;DR: This narrative review outlines the prevalence and burden of hip osteoarthritis followed by its natural history and risk factors and discusses specific physiotherapy interventions and evidence for their effectiveness.

TL;DR: The 6-minute walk test distance constitutes an independent predictor of mortality and mortality or hospitalisation for cardiovascular reasons in men with stable systolic heart failure.

TL;DR: A serious gap is highlighted in the methods used to prescribe, implement, and evaluate the effect of balance exercise programs, and comprehensive work is required to develop a psychometrically sound measure of balance challenge intensity.

TL;DR: Radial nerve gliding applied to the symptomatic hand induced hypoalgesic effects on the contralateral hand in people with CMC osteoarthritis is suggested, suggesting bilateral hypoalsic effects of the intervention.

TL;DR: Three important potential strategies for increasing physical activity in sedentary people with COPD are distinguished, namely reducing barriers and increasing insight into health benefits, tailoring type of activity, and improvement of self-efficacy.

TL;DR: People who seek physical treatments for a new episode of neck pain in this primary care setting typically have high pain scores that improve rapidly after commencing treatment, and although almost half of those who seek treatment do not recover completely within three months, residual pain and disability in this group is relatively low.

TL;DR: The pain-free grip test is used to measure the amount of force that the patient generates to the onset of pain; when there is no pain the test result could be regarded as maximum grip strength.

TL;DR: In people with poor arm motor control in the subacute phase after stroke, static stretch positioning combined with simultaneous NMES has no statistically significant effects on range of motion, shoulder pain, basic arm function, or activities of daily living.

TL;DR: Most people who seek care for acute or persistent low-back pain improved markedly within the first six weeks, but afterwards improvement slowed, and low to moderate levels of pain and disability were still present at one year, especially in people with persistent pain.

TL;DR: Therapists are inaccurate in their estimation of the amount of time stroke survivors are active during therapy sessions, and use of objective measures when accurate therapy data is required.

TL;DR: Telehealth strategies that promote rehabilitation and early detection of an acute exacerbation reduced hospital admission rates in people with severe and very severe COPD.

TL;DR: The STarT (Subgroups for Targeted Treatment) Back Screening Tool (SBST) is a brief screening questionnaire designed for directing initial treatment for low back pain in primary care.

TL;DR: There were no clear effects of Fes cycling on urine output, swelling and spasticity even though all point estimates of treatment effects favoured FES cycling and participants perceived therapeutic effects.

TL;DR: Tai Chi training is effective in reducing balance impairments in patients with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease and derived from dynamic posturography.

TL;DR: Exercise programs for patients who have completed their treatment for cancer result in positive effects in a range of health indicators including physical functioning and quality of life.

TL;DR: The evidence-based practice (EBP) movement has gained ground steadily in physiotherapy over the past decade, but the growing volume of high-quality clinical research makes it difficult for clinicians to keep pace with the latest evidence.