The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Nov 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyComparison of the short-term outcomes between trigger point dry needling and trigger point manual therapy for the management of chronic mechanical neck pain: a randomized clinical trial.
Randomized clinical study. ⋯ Therapy, level 1b.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Nov 2014
Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the international knee documentation committee subjective knee form into Turkish.
Clinical measurement. ⋯ The Turkish version of the IKDC Subjective Knee Form has sufficient reliability and validity to measure patient-reported outcomes for Turkish-speaking individuals with a variety of knee disorders.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Nov 2014
Measurement properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the MedRisk instrument for measuring patient satisfaction with physical therapy care.
Clinical measurement study. ⋯ Although we did not fully achieve the measurement properties suggested by the guidelines, we believe that the MRPS can be used among Brazilian Portuguese-speaking patients. Some differences with regard to factor structure of the Brazilian Portuguese MPRS compared with the English version were observed. The reason for this is likely a combination of cultural aspects, differences in clinical settings, and patient expectation.