Musculoskeletal science & practice
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Jul 2019
Randomized Controlled TrialAssociation between sympathoexcitatory changes and symptomatic improvement following cervical mobilisations in participants with neck pain. A double blind placebo controlled trial.
sympathoexcitation observed with passive cervical mobilisations may imply activation of an endogenous pain inhibition system resulting in hypoalgesia. However, research is mostly in asymptomatic participants and there is very limited evidence of a relationship between sympathoexcitation and symptomatic improvement in people with clinical pain. ⋯ M10/2016/095.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Jul 2019
Use of diffusion tension imaging in the evaluation of pediatric concussions.
To evaluate whether quantitative metrics of white matter fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) were different in patients presenting to our clinic with persistent symptoms after a concussion. ⋯ Our results did not show measurable diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) changes with standard clinical data acquisition and quantitative processing for the individual patient. At this time DTI should not be considered a technique that can diagnose concussion within an individual subject.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Jul 2019
Is there an association between hip range of motion and nonspecific low back pain? A systematic review.
To systematically review whether there is an association between hip range of motion (ROM) and nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP). ⋯ There is very low-quality evidence to support an association between limited hip ROM and NSLBP. Limited hip IR ROM was the only movement impairment found to be significantly associated with NSLBP, however this should be viewed with caution due to the low-quality supportive evidence. Further studies are needed.