The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jun 2006
Randomized Controlled TrialRandomized controlled trial of calcaneal taping, sham taping, and plantar fascia stretching for the short-term management of plantar heel pain.
Prospective, experimental, randomized, single-factor, pretest/posttest design. ⋯ Calcaneal taping was shown to be a more effective tool for the relief of plantar heel pain than stretching, sham taping, or no treatment.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jun 2006
Sex differences in predictors of outcome in selected physical therapy interventions for acute low back pain.
Secondary analysis of pooled data from 3 randomized trials. ⋯ For patients with acute low back pain, men and women had similar physical therapy outcomes for reductions in pain intensity and pain-related disability. However, men and women had different factors that predicted treatment outcome.