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There is a high variation in measuring causal beliefs about low back pain.
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No measurement exists that clearly isolates causal beliefs from other belief domains.
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There is a lack of studies exploring longitudinal relationships between causal beliefs and health outcomes.
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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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Most of the cervical radiculopathy studies included physical examination in their reference standard, potentially leading to a risk of confirmation bias.
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Included studies varied in reported test procedures and positive diagnostic criteria.
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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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People with Parkinson´s disease (PD) have greater arm swing asymmetry than healthy individuals.
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People with PD have lower arm swing (AS) amplitude than healthy individuals.
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As PD progresses, symptoms worsen and gait cadence increases, AS asymmetry decreases.
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AS asymmetry and AS are relevant motor parameters for gait rehabilitation in PD.
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This manuscript proposes a new physical therapy diagnostic concept.
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This proposition is based on the World Health Organisation classifications.
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This model goes beyond the health problem.
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It includes the impact of relevant impairments on everyday activities and performance.
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It is applicable to all patients in all contexts and practice domains.
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Children with USCP have difficulties to use their hands and feel bothered with their performance.
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Extensive caregiver assistance may limit the child's performance in bimanual activities.
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Intervention should consider efficacy, time, and the child feeling bothered in bimanual activities.
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Almost one in three trials included in the NICE LBP CPG use suboptimal comparators.
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Invasive and non-surgical trials used more suboptimal comparators than pharmacological trials.
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Use of suboptimal comparators in a substantial proportion of trials may be misleading some CPGs leading to inconsistencies in recommendations.
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Using suboptimal comparators made treatments less likely to be recommended for use by NICE LBP CPG.