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Physical therapists’ use of recommended care has not changed since 1990s.

Physical therapists’ use of treatments of unknown value appears to be increasing.

One explanation for these trends is the challenge of keeping up to date with evidence.

Other explanations include increased exposure to treatments of unknown value and not seeing value in research.

Strategies to replace non-recommended care with recommended care are needed.

It is hypothesized that Kinesio Taping® can change muscle activity in patients with low back pain.

The Kinesio Taping® technique did not change the electromyographic signal intensity of the longissimus and iliocostalis muscles or reduce pain intensity in patients with chronic low back pain.

More research on mechanisms of action is needed.

Patients having breast reconstruction are not routinely referred to physical therapy

The main reason for referral to physical therapy are complications after surgery

Current practice does not consider limitations specific to each reconstruction type

Patients in Brazil have three times more appointments compared to the UK

Posture influences cardiovascular responses during isometric handgrip exercise.

STANDING promotes higher cardiovascular stress when compared to SITTING and/or SUPINE.

CAD promoted higher arterial pressure responses (systolic and mean arterial pressure), but it was expected.

Isometric handgrip exercise can be prescribed to clinically stable CAD patients, with cardiovascular monitoring.

Altered shoulder kinematics are believed to contribute to rotator cuff pathology by reducing the subacromial space.

During arm elevation, the rotator cuff insertion is closest to the coracoacromial arch between 40° and 75° humerothoracic elevation.

Glenohumeral plane of elevation and axial rotation impact subacromial proximities in complex ways.

More research is needed to better understand the role of shoulder kinematics in the etiology of rotator cuff pathology.

Guideline adherence for low back pain is very low among physical therapy students.

Fourth year students show more biopsychosocial beliefs and more guideline adherent recommendations than 2nd-year students.

Biomedical beliefs are associated with poor adherence to evidence based guidelines.

A personal history of low back pain is not associated with beliefs or attitudes.

Beliefs that some strategies to lift a light load may be harmful are common among health care professionals, particularly medical students and doctors.

The majority of qualified physical therapists are aware that all strategies used to lift a light load are safe.

Taking a pain education course positively impacts physical therapists’ attitudes and beliefs.

Convergent validity between PFM tenderness and central pain mechanisms.

Poor agreement between pelvic floor muscle tenderness and self-reported symptoms.

When PFM tenderness on digital palpation is present, screen for central pain mechanisms.

Interval training is an interesting strategy in increasing aerobic capacity.

In patients with heart failure the use of combined interval training may effective in increasing VO2peak.

Interval training combined with resistance training can maximize treatment time.

Maximize treatment time is an aspect that has been important in the choice of interventions.

Training combined showed more effective in improving VO2peak in patients with heart failure.

Education, joint stabilization, and myofascial release were most used for patellar tendinopathy rehabilitation.

Quadriceps eccentrics, education, joint stabilization and lumbo-pelvic stabilization and hamstrings stretching were frequently used for patellar tendinopathy prevention.

Brazilian physical therapists consider pain, function and functional test results to discharge an athlete.

Our results revealed an inconsistency between interventions used in clinical practice and interventions recommended by the best available evidence.