Diversity and Inclusion in Occupational Therapy: Where We Are, Where We Must Go
Diversity is a fundamental element of the AOTA Centennial Vision and a critical aspect for the visibility, growth, and sustainability of the occupational therapy profession. In this article,…
Read MoreParticipation and occupation in occupational therapy models of practice: A discussion of possibilities and challenges
Background: Occupation has been the focus in occupational therapy practice to greater or lesser degrees from a historical viewpoint. This evokes a need to discuss whether concepts that are a…
Read MoreOccupational Therapy Practice in Sleep Management: A Review of Conceptual Models and Research Evidence Free PMC article
The effectiveness of sleep intervention developed by occupational therapists was reviewed, and a conceptual framework for organizing the developing practice of sleep management in occupation…
Read MoreOccupational Therapy Interventions for Adults Living with Serious Mental Illness Free PMC article
Objective: Occupational engagement is the foundation of occupational therapy. We identified perspectives of 18 occupational therapy practitioners on integrating occupation-based intervention…
Read MoreOccupational therapy return to work interventions for persons with trauma and stress-related mental health conditions: …
Background: Trauma and stress-related mental health conditions can impact a person's ability to participate in work and can cause disruptions in employment. Best practice guidelines for occu…
Read Morenterventions Within the Scope of Occupational Therapy Practice to Improve Activities of Daily Living, Rest, and Sleep f…
Importance: Research studies supporting occupational therapy interventions to address feeding, toileting, and sleep can be applied to practice in early intervention and preschool settings to…
Read MoreOccupational therapy interventions for multiple sclerosis: A scoping review Background: Evidence for the effectiveness …
Aims/objectives: To review the evidence regarding the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions in improving outcomes for adults with MS. Material and methods: We completed a scop…
Read MoreContemporary occupational therapy philosophy and practice in hospital settings
Background: Occupational therapists have sought to reconnect with the foundations of the profession for many years, and a key focus has been the place of occupation in practice. Existing lit…
Read MorePediatric Chiropractic Care: The Subluxation Question and Referral Risk
Chiropractors commonly treat children for a variety of ailments by manipulating the spine to correct a 'vertebral subluxation' or a 'vertebral subluxation complex' alleged to be a cause of d…
Read MoreWhat is chiropractic? Free PMC article
While in some jurisdictions chiropractic is fully integrated in public and insurance funded health care systems, in others it is outside and considered as complementary or alternative health…
Read MoreEffect of chiropractic treatment on primary or early secondary prevention: a systematic review with a pedagogic approac…
Introduction: The chiropractic vitalistic approach to the concept of 'subluxation' as a cause of disease lacks both biological plausibility and possibly proof of validity. Nonetheless, some …
Read MoreChiropractic Integrated Care Pathway for Low Back Pain in Veterans: Results of a Delphi Consensus Process - Free PMC ar…
Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop an integrated care pathway for doctors of chiropractic, primary care providers, and mental health professionals who manage veterans with l…
Read MoreEffect of Usual Medical Care Plus Chiropractic Care vs Usual Medical Care Alone on Pain and Disability Among US Service…
Importance: It is critically important to evaluate the effect of nonpharmacological treatments on low back pain and associated disability. Objective: To determine whether the addition of ch…
Read MoreThe adoption of person-centred care in chiropractic practice and its effect on non-specific spinal pain: An observation…
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to identify: 1) the extent to which final year chiropractic students used components of person-centred care in a clinical setting; and 2) determ…
Read MoreMaternal Report of Outcomes of Chiropractic Care for Infants
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the report by mothers of their infants' condition before and after a trial of care provided by registered chiropractic clinicians in a…
Read MoreChiropractic maintenance care - what's new? A systematic review of the Literature
Background: Maintenance Care is a traditional chiropractic approach, whereby patients continue treatment after optimum benefit is reached. A review conducted in 1996 concluded that evidence …
Read MoreAssociation Between Chiropractic Use and Opioid Receipt Among Patients with Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-a…
Objective: To investigate the current evidence to determine if there is an association between chiropractic use and opioid receipt. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: Th…
Read MoreEffects of Chiropractic Care on Strength, Balance, and Endurance in Active-Duty U.S. Military Personnel with Low Back Pa…
Objectives: To investigate whether chiropractic care influences strength, balance, and/or endurance in active-duty United States military personnel with low back pain (LBP). Design: This stu…
Read More5 Physiotherapy Research Newsletter Low Back Pain Low Back Pain and Spondylosis Semin Neurol 2016 Oct;36(5):456-4…
This article discusses a method which provides for the effective treatment of low back pain by allowing patients to exercise pain free earlier in the rehabilitation process. The method compr…
Read MoreLow Back Pain and Spondylosis
Low back pain is highly prevalent, affecting a vast majority of the adult population at some point in their lifetime. Thorough history and physical examination is critically important in eva…
Read MoreStabilization exercise compared to general exercises or manual therapy for the management of low back pain: A systemati…
Aim: We performed a systematic review with a meta- analysis to examine the efficacy of stabilization exercises versus general exercises or manual therapy in patients with low back pain. Des…
Read MoreLow back pain: a call for action Free article
Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is growing alongside the increasing and ageing population.1 Because these population shifts are more r…
Read MoreCognitive Functional Therapy: An Integrated Behavioural Approach for the Targeted Management of Disabling Low Back Pain…
Biomedical approaches for diagnosing and managing disabling low back pain (LBP) have failed to arrest the exponential increase in health care costs, with a concurrent increase in disability …
Read MoreAddition of specific hip strengthening exercises to conventional rehabilitation therapy for low back pain: a systematic…
Objective: To examine the effectiveness of hip strengthening exercises in reducing pain and disability in persons with low back pain. Methods: We searched for randomized controlled clinical…
Read MoreThe effects of clinical Pilates exercises on functional disability, pain, quality of life and lumbopelvic stabilization…
Background: Although the Pilates method has been reported to be effective in women with low back pain (LBP), the efficacy of Pilates exercises in pregnant women with LBP has not been evaluat…
Read MoreComparisons of hamstring flexibility between individuals with and without low back pain: systematic review with meta-an…
Background: There is no robust evidence on the contribution of reduced hamstring flexibility to the development of low back pain (LBP) in cohort studies. Purpose: To investigate whether ind…
Read MoreEvaluating and Managing the Patient with Back Pain
A review of the literature, including recent guidelines and original studies, has informed this detailed description of best clinic practices used to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage ad…
Read MoreDiagnosis and management of low-back pain in primary care Free PMC article
KEY POINTS • Most low-back pain with or without radicular pain or neurogenic claudication does not require immediate diagnostic imaging and can be managed in primary care. • All patients w…
Read MoreThe effect of exercise intensity on bone in postmenopausal women (part 1): A systematic review
Background: Previous systematic reviews and meta- analyses of exercise effects on bone have reported null or modest effect sizes. While animal research has determined that a strong positive …
Read MoreThe effect of Pilates exercise on the happiness and depression of elderly women: a clinical trial study
Background: The available approaches for reducing mental problems, particularly for elderlies, include physical activities and exercise. Pilates is a sport that has received much attention d…
Read MoreThe effect of Pilates exercise on the happiness and depression of elderly women: a clinical trial study
Background: The available approaches for reducing mental problems, particularly for elderlies, include physical activities and exercise. Pilates is a sport that has received much attention d…
Read MoreComparing the effects of no intervention with therapeutic exercise, and exercise with additional Kinesio ta…
Objective: To investigate if adding Kinesio tape to therapeutic exercise is an effective treatment to improve clinical outcomes compared to therapeutic exercise alone and no intervention, in…
Read MoreDiagnosis Exercise after Heart Transplantation: Typical Alterations, Diagnostics and Interventions
For the treatment of terminal heart failure, heart transplantation is considered to be the gold standard, leading to significantly improved quality of life and long-time survival. For heart …
Read MoreAquatic therapy in stroke rehabilitation: systematic review and meta-analysis
The main object of this systematic review and meta- analysis is to collect the available evidence of aquatic therapy in stroke rehabilitation and to investigate the effect of this interventi…
Read MorePrescription of exercises for the treatment of chronic pain along the continuum of nociplastic pain: A systematic revie…
Background and objective: To compare different exercise prescriptions for patients with chronic pain along the continuum of nociplastic pain: fibromyalgia, chronic whiplash-associated disord…
Read MoreCurrent Insights into Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Chronic Heart F…
Cardiac rehabilitation is a package of lifestyle secondary prevention strategies designed for patients with coronary heart disease and chronic heart failure. A community-based cardiac rehabi…
Read MoreWhat influence does resistance exercise order have on muscular strength gains and muscle hypertrophy? A sys…
The objectives of this paper were to: (a) systematically review studies that explored the effects of exercise order (EO) on muscular strength and/or hypertrophy; (b) pool their results using…
Read MorePain sensitivity is reduced by exercise training: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Exercise training is capable of reducing pain in chronic pain syndromes, yet its mechanisms are less well established. One mechanism may be via the impact of exercise on increasing a person'…
Read MoreExercise for Sport-Related Concussion and Persistent Post concussive Symptoms
Context: Emerging research supports the use of mild to moderate aerobic exercise for treating sport- related concussion (SRC) and persistent post concussive symptoms (PPCS), yet the current …
Read MoreExercise Progression to Incrementally Load the Achilles Tendon
Purpose: The purposes of our study were to evaluate Achilles tendon loading profiles of various exercises and to develop guidelines to incrementally increase the rate and magnitude of Achill…
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