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The serratus anterior (SA) is associated with shoulder painful conditions.

This paper reviews the anatomy, kinesiology, and pathokinesiology of the SA.

This paper describes and illustrates exercises that specifically target the activation of the SA.

This paper can help clinicians develop exercises that specifically challenge the SA.

Improper activation of the trapezius is associated with abnormal scapular motions.

This paper reviews the anatomy, kinesiology, and pathokinesiology of the trapezius.

This paper describes and illustrates exercises that target the trapezius.

Confidence intervals (CI) measure the uncertainty around effect estimates.

Frequentist 95% CI: we can be 95% confident that the true estimate would lie within the interval.

Bayesian 95% CI: there is a 95% probability that the true estimate would lie within the interval.

Decision-making should not be made considering only the dichotomized interpretation of CIs.

Training and education may enhance knowledge related to understanding and interpreting CIs.

WBV alone showed limited evidence compared to minimal intervention.

Additional effect of WBV seems to decrease deficiencies and activity limitations.

New expensive interventions need to be followed by scientific evidence.

Very-low to low quality of evidence suggests caution in recommending WBV.

PNF training statistically improves pain intensity, disability and static balance of working-age CLBP people.

Magnitudes of difference of outcomes between PNF training and general trunk exercises did not reach clinical important changes.

The therapist should take into account to use these interventions in rehabilitation programme for CLBP patients.

NMES might be used as adjuvant therapy to improve sitting and standing GMFM dimensions.

NMES is not better than PT alone to improve GMFM walking dimension.

Further research is still necessary to determine the precise effects of NMES on GMFM.

Less than one-third of physical therapy trials reported confidence intervals.

The prevalence observed is lower than equivalent analyses in other disciplines.

Analysis showed consistent increases in the proportion of trials that used confidence intervals with time.

Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version [SAS-SV] is now adapted into Brazilian Portuguese.

The Brazilian version of SAS-SV has good reliability and construct validity.

It is now possible to measure addition of smartphone use in Brazil.

Explaining pain to patients who survived cancer should be individually tailored.

Take the patient's pain beliefs, cognitions, pain memories, social factors and dominant pain mechanism into account.

Explaining pain implies teaching patients about the underlying biopsychosocial mechanisms of pain.

Pain neuroscience education is a potential solution to improve pain outcome in cancer survivors, but should never be a stand-alone treatment.

Pain neuroscience education should precede interventions such as graded activity, exercise therapy, stress management, sleep management and dietary advice.

Lymphedema reduces the quality of life of patients after breast cancer.

Objective measurement of lymphedema is essential to monitor treatment.

Circumference and costly measurements are inaccurate for irregular surfaces.

CVV volumes were statistically equal to those of the overflow method.

CVV volumes were closer to the actual volume of the phantom.

Dynapenia and abdominal obesity were associated with single fall.

Dynapenic-abdominal obesity people are more likely to fall.

Dynapenia was the unique condition associated with recurrent falls.

Forward head posture is not associated with muscular performance in either groups.

Forward head posture does not explain pain and disability in CNP patients.

The muscle size–endurance relationship is affected in CNP.

Deep cervical muscles are selectively affected in the presence of CNP.

Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability in Brazil.

Brazil has adopted unwarranted practices in the management of low back pain.

Brazil faces a significant challenge with overuse of medical services for LBP.

Tackling low back pain will require engagement of all relevant stakeholders.

The methodological quality of the studies ranged from “poor” to “good”.

Most results of the quality of the measurement properties were considered doubtful.

The Frenchay activities index and the Human activity profile showed the highest clinical utility scores.

The content validity needs to be better investigated.

Further studies with good methodological quality are required.

HIIT can benefits the HRV, especially in healthy and MetS subjects.

The HIIT can be used in cardiovascular rehabilitation and prevention.

Future randomized clinical trials are needed to confirm the effectiveness of HIIT.

Few studies have assessed long term effects of TPDN for individuals with SAPS.

This study assesses the value of adding TPDN to routine treatments for SAPS.

This study assesses the effect of TPDN on subsequent healthcare utilization.

Results from this work could inform clinical management of SAPS.

C1/C2 hypomobility is an important finding in women with migraine and is related to migraine chronicity.

Mobility of the C1/C2 segment is influenced by neck pain related-disability.

Chronic migraine patients have a reduced global cervical range of motion.

Physical therapists routinely examine strength, range of motion and muscle flexibility of the hip(s) for individuals with low back pain.

Physical therapists often provide strengthening and flexibility interventions targeting the hips for individuals with low back pain.

Post-professional fellowship training as a physical therapist changed intervention selection to include more joint manual therapy and less muscle flexibility and modality usage.

Low back pain trials are published in a variety of healthcare journals.

The methodological quality of low back pain trials is moderate.

55.5% of low back pain trials endorsed the CONSORT statement recommendations.

Reporting guidelines should be strictly followed.