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Interferential current probably reduces pain intensity and disability immediately post-treatment compared to placebo in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.
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Interferential current may reduce pain, but not disability, immediately post-treatment compared to other interventions in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.
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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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The ecological-enactive approach to pain extends the biopsychosocial model.
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Clinical reasoning and practice centers around affordances: opportunities for action.
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Disabling pain is experienced as closed-off or “stuck” field of affordances.
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Therapist and patient work together to make sense of pain, complexity, and uncertainty.
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Together, they choose interventions aimed to “open-up” the field of affordances.
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Functional limitation is relatively common after cardiac surgery.
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Functional limitation could be predicted by preoperative and post-operative factors.
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Public healthcare system increased the risk of functional limitation.
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Expiratory muscle weakness increased the risk of functional limitation.
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The presence of comorbidities in cardiac patients increased healthcare costs.
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Physical activity might minimize healthcare costs associated with cardiovascular diseases.
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Patients with higher habitual physical activity presented savings of US$ 35.11 over a 24-month period.
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Emergency Departments were the most accessed setting by individuals with non-specific spinal disorders.
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Individuals with non-specific spinal disorders underwent more imaging and drug prescriptions than exercise interventions.
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Women are approximately 2 times more likely to access Emergency Departments compared to men.
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Taking patient values into account is implicit and intuitive.
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Patient values are closely associated with humanity in care.
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Most barriers are experienced in being responsive.
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Guidelines seems to be at odds regarding uniqueness of patients.
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Systematic reflection on patient values is necessary in high quality care.
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No additional effect of PNE when added to SMT compared to SMT alone for pain intensity in the short-term.
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No additional effect of PNE when added to SMT compared to SMT alone for low back pain-related disability in the short-term.
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Additional effect of PNE when added to SMT for pain and disability in the long-term.
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Additional effect of PNE when added to SMT for global perceived effect of improvement at the 6-month follow-up.
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Additional effect of PNE when added to SMT for pain self-efficacy at the 6-month follow-up.
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Individuals with Achilles tendinopathy (AT) did not differ from individuals with chronic low back pain (CLBP) in prevalence of high kinesiophobia.
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Individuals with AT and those with CLBP both presented with moderate disability.
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Clinicians can learn from AT to inform the treatment of CLBP and vice versa.