Journal of physiotherapy

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• Journal of physiotherapy · Jul 2020

  Meta Analysis

  Photobiomodulation therapy does not decrease pain and disability in people with non-specific low back pain: a systematic review.

  In people with non-specific low back pain (LBP), what are the effects of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) on pain, disability and other outcomes when compared with no intervention, sham PBMT and other treatments, and when used as an adjunct to other treatments? ⋯ CRD42018088242.

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• Journal of physiotherapy · Jul 2020

  Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study

  Preoperative physiotherapy is cost-effective for preventing pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery: a health economic analysis of a multicentre randomised trial.

  Is preoperative physiotherapy cost-effective in reducing postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) and improving quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) after major abdominal surgery? ⋯ Preoperative physiotherapy aimed at preventing PPCs was highly likely to be cost-effective from the hospitals' perspective. For each PPC prevented, preoperative physiotherapy is likely to cost the hospitals less than the costs estimated to treat a PPC after surgery. Potential QALY gains require confirmation.

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