Showing papers in "Manual Therapy in 2009"

TL;DR: This model suggests that a mechanical force from MT initiates a cascade of neurophysiological responses from the peripheral and central nervous system which are then responsible for the clinical outcomes.

TL;DR: The results of this study support previous findings that the pattern of multifidus muscle atrophy in CLBP patients is localized rather than generalized but also provided evidence of a corresponding reduced ability to voluntarily contract the atrophied muscle.

TL;DR: Specific low load C-CF exercise changes spatial and temporal characteristics of DCF activation which may partially explain its efficacy in rehabilitation.

TL;DR: Results show that although subjects imitated postures with the same curve direction at thoraco-lumbar and lumbar regions (slumped, flat or long lordosis), they required feedback/manual facilitation to differentiate the regional curves for the short lordosis posture.

TL;DR: While GMED appears to atrophy in subjects with advanced hip joint pathology, it may be predisposed to hypertrophy in early stages of pathology, suggesting that assessment and exercise prescription methods should consider that the response of muscles of the abductor synergy to joint pathology is not homogenous between muscles or across stages of Pathology.

TL;DR: An in-depth review of basic and clinical research was performed to design a theoretical framework for manual therapy in patients with chronic widespread pain/fibromyalgia, finding that manual therapy might be able to influence the process of chronicity in three different ways.

TL;DR: Preliminary evidence is provided to support the use of shoulder control exercises to reduce pain and improve function of persons with shoulder impingement.

TL;DR: Investigating the short-term effects of thoracic spine thrust manipulations on patients with shoulder impingement syndrome found TSTM provided a statistically significant decrease in self reported pain measures and disability in patients with SIS at 48-h follow-up.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the outcome of two lumbopelvic movement control tests is associated with an increased risk of developing lower extremities or lumbar spine injuries in dancers.

TL;DR: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to determine the effectiveness of manual therapy (MT) techniques for the management of musculoskeletal disorders of the shoulder as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: It is found that the inclusion of a thoracic manipulation into an electrotherapy/thermal program was effective in reducing neck pain and disability, and in increasing active cervical mobility in patients with acute neck pain.

TL;DR: It may be appropriate to undertake exercises involving selective activation of the vastus medialis early in the rehabilitation process, however, clinicians should not overly focus on selective activation before progressing rehabilitation, especially in more chronic cases with significant participation restrictions.

TL;DR: Advice was most commonly delivered as part of an exercise programme, with strengthening the most frequently used exercise type and follow-up advice underutilised with respect to the recommendations of relevant clinical guidelines.

TL;DR: This study highlights the functional separation of UGM and LGM, and the similarities of theUGM and TFL, both superficial abductors appearing to maintain their size around the affected hip, as well as investigating specific changes occurring in the deeper abductor muscles.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the modifications described are generalizable across a number of tests with a moderately involved group of patients, and for individual tests there is variability in the numbers and directions of movements or alignments that appear to contribute to symptoms.

TL;DR: It is proposed that low back-related leg pain be divided into four subgroups according to the predominating pathomechanisms involved, and the existence of an overriding mechanism is proposed.

TL;DR: There is strong evidence for a non-linear age-related reduction in lumbar sagittal and coronal ROM after 40 years of age that also appears to be asymmetric in the coronal plane and these factors should be considered during the evaluation of spinal ROM in patients who present withLumbar disorders.

TL;DR: The French short version of the scale Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand-Disability/Symptom (F-QuickDASH-D/S) in patients with shoulder disorders has good reliability, construct validity and responsiveness, and the strong correlation of its score with the full-length DASH/DASH scale score suggests that the QuickDASH/S could be the preferred scale because it is easier to use.

TL;DR: The inter-tester reliability for identifying a radiological nominated SP by palpation was found to be poor for C7 and moderate for L5, with kappa of 0.18 and 0.48, indicating that the procedures are not precise enough.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the inter-tester reliability of the system is moderate to substantial for a range of patients within the NSLBP population in line with previous research.

TL;DR: It is shown that subjects presenting with PFPS do have a tighter ITB, and future work should investigate this observation prospectively in order to determine whether a tight ITB is the cause or effect of PFPS.

TL;DR: It seems that composites of motion palpation and provocation tests together have reliability sufficiently high for use in clinical assessment of the SIJ.

TL;DR: Since participants in this study were free of knee joint pathology, it is possible that they did not have the capacity to allow for large changes in quadriceps muscle activation to occur, and this effect was not present after the 20 min interval.

TL;DR: It was concluded that RUSI is a valid method of measuring lower trapezius muscle thickness and Bland and Altman limits of agreement and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used to analyse the relationship between thickness measures taken from MRI and R USI.

TL;DR: Lumbo-pelvic neutral postures may have a positive influence on spinal stability compared to equivalent poor postures (slouched sitting and sway-back standing) through the recruitment of TrA, therefore, posture may be important for rehabilitation in patients with LBP.

TL;DR: Repeated trials showed that subjects were able to accurately repeat the movement without guidance, and the key movements of, and immediate efficacy of a teaching approach for, scapular orientation have been established.

TL;DR: The validity and reliability of ultrasound to evaluate the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the longus colli (LC) as compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is questionable, which may be due to both anatomical characteristics and methodological limitations.

TL;DR: Adolescents with prolonged NSP had more flexed cervicothoracic posture, more erect trunk and more lumbar lordosis, and when gender was controlled, only lumbr lordosis was related to the presence of prolonged N SP.

TL;DR: The Revel visual technique is more appropriate for clinical practice, but with improved software, the 3D US method could provide additional quantitative and qualitative data invaluable for research.