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Misconceptions of physical therapists and medical doctors regarding the impact of lifting a light load on low back painJoséphine Rialet-Micoulau, Valoris Lucas, Christophe Demoulin, Laurent Pitance
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022;26:100385
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Beliefs that some strategies to lift a light load may be harmful are common among health care professionals, particularly medical students and doctors.
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The majority of qualified physical therapists are aware that all strategies used to lift a light load are safe.
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Taking a pain education course positively impacts physical therapists’ attitudes and beliefs.
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Which psychosocial factors are related to severe pain and functional limitation in patients with low back pain?Leticia Amaral Corrêa, Stephanie Mathieson, Ney Armando de Mello Meziat-Filho, Felipe José Reis, Arthur de Sá Ferreira, Leandro Alberto Calazans Nogueira
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022;26:100413
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Cognitive factors are related to unfavourable clinical outcomes in patients with LBP.
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Kinesiophobia, catastrophizing, and maladaptive beliefs played a negative role in LBP.
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Anxiety, symptoms of depression, and perceived stress were not linked to severe pain.
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The impact of digital physical therapy during COVID-19 lockdown in children with developmental disorders: A qualitative studyAlicia Portillo-Aceituno, Andrea Calderón-Bernal, Jorge Pérez-Corrales, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Domingo Palacios-Ceña, Javier Güeita-Rodríguez
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022;26:100445
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Digital physical therapy may be a solution for continuity during lockdown, yet its development appears complex.
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Implementation difficulties seem to relate to physical, attentional, and training factors.
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Technological accessibility, adaptation of the therapist and involvement of the whole family appear to be facilitators.
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Future possibilities may support a better follow-up with fluid communication between families and therapists.
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Patients should not rely on low back pain information from Brazilian official websites: A mixed-methods reviewRaiany Pires Santos, Thamires Prazeres Alonso, Igor Macedo Tavares Correia, Leandro Calazans Nogueira, Ney Meziat-Filho, Felipe J.J. Reis
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022;26:100389
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Patients should not rely on low back pain information from Brazilian official websites.
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The Brazilian official websites do not follow the recommendations from clinical practice guidelines.
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Brazilian official websites show low credibility standards and inaccurate information about low back pain.
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Shared decision making and physical therapy: What, when, how, and why?Tammy Hoffmann, Mina Bakhit, Zoe Michaleff
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022;26:100382
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Shared decision making helps to translate evidence into practice.
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It can improve communication and accuracy of intervention expectations.
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Physical therapists are ideally positioned to practice shared decision making.
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Shared decision making is a skill that should be taught to clinicians.
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Strategies to increase its uptake are required at multiple levels.
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Rehabilitation 2030: a collective call that requires individual actionJeff Hartman, Antony Duttine
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022;26:360
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Physical therapy is part of a larger rehabilitation community promoting social justice and health equity.
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Rehabilitation is not only for persons with disability.
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Greater access to physical therapy and rehabilitation services would help “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being at all ages”.
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“Rehabilitation 2030″ is a call to fulfill the basic human right to health and wellbeing, and all physical therapists have a role to play.
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Maximising individualisation of sports injury risk reduction approach to reach successPascal Edouard, Benjamin Caumeil, Evert Verhagen, Gaël Guilhem, Alexis Ruffault
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022;26:100394
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To individualise injury risk reduction measures could help to better match athlete's individual characteristics and should thus improve their effectiveness.
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To individualise injury risk reduction measures could help to improve athlete adherence into such measures and consequently their effectiveness.
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This maximised individualised approach is proposed to be used whatever the sport (i.e., individual and teams sports) in both scientific studies and real-world settings, with an end-user centred approach (especially athlete-centred approach) and a co-construction of the injury risk reduction measures with all stakeholders.
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Scapulothoracic muscle activity during kinetic chain variations of a prone elevation exerciseDorien Borms, Annelies Maenhout, Kelly Berckmans, Valentien Spanhove, Fran Vanderstukken, Ann Cools
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022;26:100420
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Challenging the kinetic chain influences upper trapezius muscle activity.
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Adding external rotation resistance decreases upper trapezius activity.
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Adding trunk extension increases upper trapezius activity.
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Changing exercise position does not change scapular muscle activity.
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Physical therapists and public perceptions of telerehabilitation: An online open survey on acceptability, preferences, and needsLívia G. Fernandes, Rafael F.F. Oliveira, Pamela M. Barros, Felipe R.C. Fagundes, Renato J. Soares, Bruno T. Saragiotto
Braz J Phys Ther. 2022;26:100464
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Physical therapists and the general population are hesitant in using telerehabilitation. Concerns include, but are not limited to, the financial worth of telerehabilitation.
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Physical therapists agree with the provision of education and self-management strategies via telerehabilitation, but the general population highlights the need for exercise prescription and technical orientation on exercise performance.
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Practical recommendations and adequate training are needed to address physical therapists’ acceptability to telerehabilitation. For the general population, gradual exposure to telerehabilitation could enhance engagement with this mode of delivering physical therapy.