The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jan 2017
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyContribution of Dry Needling to Individualized Physical Therapy Treatment of Shoulder Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Study Design Multicenter, parallel randomized clinical trial. Background Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are implicated in shoulder pain and functional limitations. An intervention intended to treat MTrPs is dry needling. ⋯ Registered February 11, 2009 at www.isrctn.com (ISRCTN30907460). J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2017;47(1):11-20. Epub 9 Dec 2016. doi:10.2519/jospt.2017.6698.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jan 2017
Optimism Moderates the Influence of Pain Catastrophizing on Shoulder Pain Outcome: A Longitudinal Analysis.
Study Design Secondary analysis of prospectively collected data. Background An abundance of evidence has highlighted the influence of pain catastrophizing and fear avoidance on clinical outcomes. Less is known about the interaction of positive psychological resources with these pain-associated distress factors. ⋯ Level of Evidence Prognosis, level 2b. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2017;47(1):21-30. Epub 5 Nov 2016. doi:10.2519/jospt.2017.7068.
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A 35-year-old male recreational runner with a 9-month history of left lateral foot pain self-referred to physical therapy while awaiting orthopaedic consultation. Before presenting to physical therapy, his primary care physician ordered radiographs and referred him to orthopaedics with a provisional diagnosis of multipartite os peroneum. Following examination, the initial treatment hypothesis was cuboid syndrome, as he met the majority of items in a proposed diagnostic cluster. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2017;47(1):41. doi:10.2519/jospt.2017.6941.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jan 2017
EditorialPredatory Journals: The Worst Thing in Publishing, Ever.
Viewpoint co-editor Chad Cook shares his experience with predatory journals. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2017;47(1):1-2. doi:10.2519/jospt.2017.0101.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jan 2017
Predatory Journals Threaten the Quality of Published Medical Research.
Ever since scholarly open-access publishing started to gain a foothold over a decade ago, many hundreds of open-access journals and publishers have emerged around the world, including many journals that are dependent exclusively on payments from authors to meet their expenses. The purpose of this Viewpoint is to describe the negative aspects of predatory publishing and how the behaviors of such publishers erode the principles of the peer-review system. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2017;47(1):3-5. doi:10.2519/jospt.2017.0601.