The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy
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Reliability study. ⋯ Among novice raters, the FMS composite score demonstrated moderate to good interrater and intrarater reliability, with acceptable levels of measurement error. The measures of reliability and measurement error were similar for both intrarater reliability that repeated the assessment of the movement patterns over a 48-to-72-hour period and interrater reliability that had 2 raters assess the same movement pattern simultaneously. The interrater agreement of the FMS component scores was good to excellent for the push-up, quadruped, shoulder mobility, straight leg raise, squat, hurdle, and lunge. Only 15.6% (n = 10) of the participants were identified to be at risk for injury based on previously published cutoff values.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · May 2012
Clinical TrialDerivation of a preliminary clinical prediction rule for identifying a subgroup of patients with low back pain likely to benefit from Pilates-based exercise.
Prospective cohort study. ⋯ These data provide preliminary evidence to suggest that the response to Pilates-based exercise in patients with LBP can be predicted from variables collected from the clinical examination. If subsequently validated in a randomized clinical trial, this prediction rule may be useful to improve clinical decision making in determining which patients are most likely to benefit from Pilates-based exercise.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Feb 2012
Manual physical therapy for injection-confirmed nonacute acromioclavicular joint pain.
Prospective single-cohort study. ⋯ Therapy, level 4.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effects of isolated hip abductor and external rotator muscle strengthening on pain, health status, and hip strength in females with patellofemoral pain: a randomized controlled trial.
Randomized controlled trial. ⋯ Therapy, level 2b.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyUpper cervical and upper thoracic thrust manipulation versus nonthrust mobilization in patients with mechanical neck pain: a multicenter randomized clinical trial.
Randomized clinical trial. ⋯ Therapy, level 1b.