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Original Research
Bimanual hand use in children and adolescents with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: an exploratory study
Simone A. Bueno, Marisa C. Mancini, Rachel H.S. Oliveira, Marina J. Airoldi, Beatriz S. Vieira, Andrew M. Gordon, Marina B. Brandão
Highlights

  • Children with USCP have difficulties to use their hands and feel bothered with their performance.

  • Extensive caregiver assistance may limit the child's performance in bimanual activities.

  • Intervention should consider efficacy, time, and the child feeling bothered in bimanual activities.

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Short Communication
Compared to what? An analysis of comparators in trials informing the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) low back pain guideline
Geronimo Bejarano, Ben Csiernik, Joshua R. Zadro, Giovanni E. Ferreira
Highlights

  • Almost one in three trials included in the NICE LBP CPG use suboptimal comparators.

  • Invasive and non-surgical trials used more suboptimal comparators than pharmacological trials.

  • Use of suboptimal comparators in a substantial proportion of trials may be misleading some CPGs leading to inconsistencies in recommendations.

  • Using suboptimal comparators made treatments less likely to be recommended for use by NICE LBP CPG.

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Masterclass
A proposal for a universal physical therapy diagnostic concept
Marc Perron, Rachel Brosseau, Désirée B. Maltais, Vincent Piette, Alain Godbout, Hélène Corriveau, Luc J. Hébert
Highlights

  • This manuscript proposes a new physical therapy diagnostic concept.

  • This proposition is based on the World Health Organisation classifications.

  • This model goes beyond the health problem.

  • It includes the impact of relevant impairments on everyday activities and performance.

  • It is applicable to all patients in all contexts and practice domains.

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Systematic Review
What do people believe to be the cause of low back pain? A scoping review
Søren Grøn, Kasper Bülow, Tobias Daniel Jonsson, Jakob Degn, Alice Kongsted
Highlights

  • There is a high variation in measuring causal beliefs about low back pain.

  • No measurement exists that clearly isolates causal beliefs from other belief domains.

  • There is a lack of studies exploring longitudinal relationships between causal beliefs and health outcomes.

  • Causal beliefs are just one element of a complex beliefs construct, and there is very little quantitative evidence from which its unique relevance can be judged.

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Systematic Review
Arm swing asymmetry in people with Parkinson's disease and its relationship with gait: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Jessica Espinoza-Araneda, Cristian Caparrós-Manosalva, Paula M. Caballero, Maira J. da Cunha, Ritchele R. Marchese, Aline S. Pagnussat
Highlights

  • People with Parkinson´s disease (PD) have greater arm swing asymmetry than healthy individuals.

  • People with PD have lower arm swing (AS) amplitude than healthy individuals.

  • As PD progresses, symptoms worsen and gait cadence increases, AS asymmetry decreases.

  • AS asymmetry and AS are relevant motor parameters for gait rehabilitation in PD.

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Systematic Review
Test procedures and positive diagnostic criteria of the upper limb tension tests differ: a systematic review of the DiTA database
Arianne P Verhagen, Hayley Brown, Mark Hancock, David Anderson
Highlights

  • Most of the cervical radiculopathy studies included physical examination in their reference standard, potentially leading to a risk of confirmation bias.

  • Included studies varied in reported test procedures and positive diagnostic criteria.

  • Based on our findings we proposed a more standardised test procedure for the ULTT1 with accompanying criteria for when the test is positive to facilitate homogeneity in future diagnostic accuracy studies of the ULTT.

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Original Research
The care pathway of individuals with spinal disorders in a Health Care Network in the Federal District, Brazil: a retrospective study
Luciana Alves Custódio, Yara Andrade Marques, Aline Martins de Toledo, Arthur de Sá Ferreira, Maurits van Tulder, Everton Nunes da Silva, Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100553
Highlights

  • Emergency Departments were the most accessed setting by individuals with non-specific spinal disorders.

  • Individuals with non-specific spinal disorders underwent more imaging and drug prescriptions than exercise interventions.

  • Women are approximately 2 times more likely to access Emergency Departments compared to men.

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Original Research
Putting the fear-avoidance model into practice – what can patients with chronic low back pain learn from patients with Achilles tendinopathy and vice versa?
Hayley Powell Smitheman, Mari Lundberg, Malin Härnesand, Sara Gelfgren, Karin Grävare Silbernagel
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100557
Highlights

  • Individuals with Achilles tendinopathy (AT) did not differ from individuals with chronic low back pain (CLBP) in prevalence of high kinesiophobia.

  • Individuals with AT and those with CLBP both presented with moderate disability.

  • Clinicians can learn from AT to inform the treatment of CLBP and vice versa.

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Original Research
Predictive factors of functional limitation after cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Patrícia da Silva Bauer, Cassiano Teixeira, Bruna Muller Leão, Regis Goulart Rosa
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100550
Highlights

  • Functional limitation is relatively common after cardiac surgery.

  • Functional limitation could be predicted by preoperative and post-operative factors.

  • Public healthcare system increased the risk of functional limitation.

  • Expiratory muscle weakness increased the risk of functional limitation.

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Original Research
Physical therapists’ perspectives of patient values and their place in clinical practice: a qualitative study
Carla M. Bastemeijer, Johannes P. van Ewijk, Jan A. Hazelzet, Lennard P. Voogt
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100552
Highlights

  • Taking patient values into account is implicit and intuitive.

  • Patient values are closely associated with humanity in care.

  • Most barriers are experienced in being responsive.

  • Guidelines seems to be at odds regarding uniqueness of patients.

  • Systematic reflection on patient values is necessary in high quality care.

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Original Research
Habitual physical activity minimizes healthcare costs resulting from comorbidities among adults with cardiovascular diseases
Monique Yndawe Castanho Araujo, Eduardo Kokubun, Maria Carolina Castanho Saes Norberto, André Lucas Servo Bento, Bruna Camilo Turi-Lynch, Jamile Sanches Codogno
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100551
Highlights

  • The presence of comorbidities in cardiac patients increased healthcare costs.

  • Physical activity might minimize healthcare costs associated with cardiovascular diseases.

  • Patients with higher habitual physical activity presented savings of US$ 35.11 over a 24-month period.

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Original Research
Additional effect of pain neuroscience education to spinal manipulative therapy on pain and disability for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial
Fernando Augusto Gonçalves Tavares, João Vitor Alves Rossiter, Gabriela Caroline Leandro Lima, Letícia Gomes de Oliveira, Witor Souza Cavalcante, Mariana Arias Ávila, Steven Zachary George, Thais Cristina Chaves
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100555
Highlights

  • No additional effect of PNE when added to SMT compared to SMT alone for pain intensity in the short-term.

  • No additional effect of PNE when added to SMT compared to SMT alone for low back pain-related disability in the short-term.

  • Additional effect of PNE when added to SMT for pain and disability in the long-term.

  • Additional effect of PNE when added to SMT for global perceived effect of improvement at the 6-month follow-up.

  • Additional effect of PNE when added to SMT for pain self-efficacy at the 6-month follow-up.

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Editorial
Research from low-income and middle-income countries will benefit global health and the physiotherapy profession, but it requires support
Saurab Sharma, Arianne Verhagen, Mark Elkins, Jean-Michel Brismée, George D. Fulk, Jakub Taradaj, Lois Steen, Alan Jette, ... Rafael Zambelli Pinto
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100530
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Editorial
A paradigm shift from a tissue- and disease-based approach towards multimodal lifestyle interventions for chronic pain: 5 steps to guide clinical reasoning
Jo Nijs, Astrid Lahousse, Anneleen Malfliet
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100556
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Systematic Review
Effectiveness of interferential current in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Érika P. Rampazo, Maurício A. Luz Júnior, Juliana B. Corrêa, Naiane T.B. de Oliveira, Irlei dos Santos, Richard E. Liebano, Leonardo O.P. Costa
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100549
Highlights

  • Interferential current probably reduces pain intensity and disability immediately post-treatment compared to placebo in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

  • Interferential current may reduce pain, but not disability, immediately post-treatment compared to other interventions in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

  • Interferential current combined with other intervention (massage or exercises) may not further reduce pain intensity and disability compared to other interventions provided in isolation immediately post-treatment in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

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Masterclass
Affordance-based practice: An ecological-enactive approach to chronic musculoskeletal pain management
Daniela Virgínia Vaz, Peter Stilwell, Sabrina Coninx, Matthew Low, Craig Liebenson
Braz J Phys Ther. 2023;27:100554
Highlights

  • The ecological-enactive approach to pain extends the biopsychosocial model.

  • Clinical reasoning and practice centers around affordances: opportunities for action.

  • Disabling pain is experienced as closed-off or “stuck” field of affordances.

  • Therapist and patient work together to make sense of pain, complexity, and uncertainty.

  • Together, they choose interventions aimed to “open-up” the field of affordances.

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