The STarT Back stratified care approach involves the use of a prognostic screening tool and matched treatments.

Two UK studies have demonstrated improved clinical outcomes and cost savings in the National Health Service.

Studies testing this approach in other countries are needed to adapt the approach to their own healthcare system.

A number of potential obstacles to implementing stratified care in high- and low-and-middle-income settings are emerging.

Evidence based innovations and strategies to overcome these obstacles and support successful implementation are discussed.

We investigated the effective exercise intervention period in patients.

Exercises performed for 8 weeks after postoperative intervention improved outcome.

The effective pre-postoperative exercise period before discharge weren’t identified.

The Short-Form Fonseca Anamnestic Index (SFAI) has good diagnostic accuracy for myogenour TMD.

The best cut-off point of the SFAI was 17.5 points.

The SFAI should be used for clinical practice and research.

Kinesio Taping does not improve strength and range of movement.

Kinesio Taping effects are not related with tension or direction of application.

Clinical trials investigating these effects in symptomatic patients are necessary.

Icon-FES uses pictures of daily activities to assess concern of falling.

Icon-FES-Brazil is a semantically and linguistically appropriate tool.

The 30-item and 10-item Icon-FES-Brazil showed acceptable measurement properties.

Hammock positioning can be considered a safe method for very low birth weight positioning.

Hammock positioning may induce sleep thus reducing the stress level in preterms.

Hammock positioning keeps the vital signs stable.

Hammock positioning does not cause pain.

Validity of the gravity-dependent inclinometer for thoracic kyphosis established.

The inclinometer was comparable to radiographic measurements of thoracic kyphosis.

Using the inclinometer reduces need for repeated radiographs for measuring kyphosis.

763 office workers with and without neck pain were recruited.

Neck pain was significantly associated with several individual and work-related factors.

Several of the individual and work-related factors are potentially modifiable.

Gender, marital status, BMI, and duration of pain do not influence the prognosis of patients with chronic LBP.

Age has little influence on the clinical improvement of patients with chronic LBP after four weeks of treatment.

Physical therapists can predict the clinical improvement of their patients based on a simple assessment of their disability at baseline consultation. This model explains 42.1% of the variability.

Health seeking behaviour and health services utilization are emerging constructs.

Physical therapists familiarity with these constructs has not been previously measured.

Physical therapists are moderately familiar with each construct.

Physical therapists typically do not base clinical decisions on these constructs.