The Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy (BJPT) is the official publication of the Brazilian Society of Physical Therapy Research and Graduate Studies (ABRAPG-Ft). It publishes original research articles on topics related to the areas of physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences, including clinical, basic or applied studies on the assessment, prevention, and treatment of movement disorders.
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Dry needling (DN) is commonly used for Orofacial pain treatment.
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DN is better than other interventions for pain in the short-term.
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DN is better than sham therapy on pressure pain threshold in the short-term.
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Due to the very low quality of evidence and the small effect size, caution is needed.
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Randomized controlled trials of high methodological quality are needed.
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Better QoL of children with asthma is associated with a lower asthma severity.
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Better QoL is associated with a good sleep quality.
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Better QoL of children with asthma associated with a lower dyspnea after exercise.
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Functionally independent older adults have risk of falling.
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Isolated and recurrent fallers have different fall risk factors.
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Alpha-blocker use is a predictor of isolated falls.
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Fractures, increased BMI and benzodiazepine and beta-blocker use are predictors of recurrent fallers.
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Children and adolescents with myelomeningocele showed higher heart rate at rest.
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Children and adolescents with myelomeningocele did not show differences in HR and BP variability.
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Children and adolescents with myelomeningocele showed lower baroreflex sensitivity.
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Obstacles during rehabilitation need to be faced in order to promote adherence.
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Financial crisis has an impact in adherence to recommended home exercises.
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Communication, individual's needs, capacities, and resources are essential for adherence.
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Lemgruber® elastic tubes (LET) can be safely stretched up to 8 times in length.
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Resistance from individual tubes varies from 3N to 537N depending on elongation.
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Reference equations for resistance and elongation are provided.
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Results offer increased knowledge of LET for its use in clinical practice.
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Different types of physical activity are strongly associated with motor and cognitive improvements.
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There is a dose–response relationship between physical activity and physiological improvements.
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An average of 6.2 years of physical activity had favorable effects on motor functions.
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An active lifestyle in adulthood is likely to prevent aging-related motor and cognitive decline.
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Stroke survivors spend approximately 20% of physical therapy time actively walking.
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Those able to walk without assistance take more steps for longer at a higher intensity.
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Increased walking practice intensity is needed to drive motor learning.
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There is a close interaction between insomnia and pain severity/disability.
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CBT-I can improve sleep and pain interference in chronic spinal pain.
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Clinical implication 1: combined approach may improve pain, sleep and function.
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Clinical implication 2: may lead to new treatment guidelines for professionals.
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PBMT has a clear dose therapeutic window for exercise performance enhancement and post-exercise recovery.
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Future RCTs must follow the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines, and use of the TIDeR checklist.
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Future guidelines must be based only at the highest scientific evidence, avoiding overstatements and extrapolations based on animal experiments and case-studies.
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy