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Most Brazilian physical therapists do not use the recommended criteria for return to sport after ACLR.
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Specialty certification in sports physical therapy contributes to the use of the recommended criteria.
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Psychological factors associated with ACLR are neglected by most Brazilian physical therapists.
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Most Brazilian physical therapists do not use functional questionnaires after ACLR.
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Pulmonary and upper limbs function start deteriorating in the early stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
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The decline in pulmonary function is more significant than the decline in upper limbs function in DMD.
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Functional status can be followed by comparing healthy peers in each stage of DMD.
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Convergent validity between PFM tenderness and central pain mechanisms.
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Poor agreement between pelvic floor muscle tenderness and self-reported symptoms.
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When PFM tenderness on digital palpation is present, screen for central pain mechanisms.
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A multidisciplinary team approach was evident in athlete healthcare in the Olympic Polyclinic.
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The majority of the athlete encounters had an average of 2.9 different treatment modalities.
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Athletes reported “injury” as the main reason for physical therapy visits (2.8 encounters/athlete).
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Most of total immersion ice bath visits (98%) were for recovery purposes.
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Back-PAQ-Br is a questionnaire that evaluates attitudes and beliefs about back pain
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Back-PAQ-Br has measurement properties that are similar to the original version
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Back-PAQ-Br is reliable and valid to assess attitudes and beliefs about back pain
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Back-PAQ-Br can assess people with and without back pain, and healthcare professionals
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Back-PAQ-Br can be used in research and in the clinical setting
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6MWT is the most frequent and well-established test used in clinical settings and research.
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6MWT distance has strong positive association with age, arm span, height, and weight.
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Arm span, similar to height, is a strong predictor of 6MWT distance in healthy children.
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The SBST can be used to stratify baseline characteristics in patients with chronic LBP.
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Outcomes over a 6-month period were consistently greater in high risk patients.
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The SBST itself predicts disability in both short and medium terms.
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The SBST does not add predictive value to basic baseline characteristics.
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Phenotypes of individuals with COPD vary according to body composition and (in)activity.
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Different clinical impacts are present in patients according to these phenotypes.
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Obesity associated to sarcopenia and inactivity is the most debilitating phenotype.
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The CMTPedS-Br is culturally appropriate for the Brazilian population.
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The CMTPedS-Br showed adequate reliability and face validity.
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The CMTPedS-Br will allow Brazil to be part of multicentered studies on such a rare but debilitating condition.
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Obesity in older adults is associated with postural imbalance on unstable surfaces.
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Obesity in older adults is not associated with increased fear of falling.
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Overweight is not associated with imbalance on unstable surfaces.
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Guideline adherence for low back pain is very low among physical therapy students.
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Fourth year students show more biopsychosocial beliefs and more guideline adherent recommendations than 2nd-year students.
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Biomedical beliefs are associated with poor adherence to evidence based guidelines.
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A personal history of low back pain is not associated with beliefs or attitudes.
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Infants adopt their inter-limb kicking when learning a task.
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Dissociated intra-joint (hip-ankle) coupling during kicking is measured.
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External feedback may be a key to the development of lower extremity motor control.
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The distribution of foot strike patterns was predominantly rearfoot for shod and barefoot tests.
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The running condition, speed, and type of footwear were associated with foot strike patterns.
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Participants running shod were more likely to present a rearfoot pattern compared to those running barefoot.
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One in five individuals were affected by chronic back pain in the previous year.
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The main factor associated with chronic back pain was higher level of stress.
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The groups most affected were women, elderly, smokers, obese individuals, and those with fewer hours of sleep.
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Chronic back pain worsen health perception, quality of life, and depressive symptoms.
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Over a 12-month period, one third sought a physician and two third missed work because of back pain.
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The JH-HLM has excellent reliability when used by physical therapists in the ICU.
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The JH-HLM has excellent reliability across several types of ICUs.
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Trained physical therapists can use the JH-HLM to reliably measure observed patient mobility in the ICU.
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Large trial studying a contemporary neuroscience therapy for chronic whiplash.
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Trial integrating stress management in the neuroscience approach for whiplash.
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Assess if a contemporary neuroscience therapy can decrease central sensitization.
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This trial may provide new improved treatment guidelines for chronic whiplash.
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This trial may be used as a basis for recommendations to health authorities.