The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Aug 2009
The effect of averaging multiple trials on measurement error during ultrasound imaging of transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus muscles in individuals with low back pain.
Clinical measurement, reliability study. ⋯ When using RUSI to determine percent change in TrA and LM muscle thickness, intra examiner measurement precision appears to be optimized by using an average of 3 consecutive measurements.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jul 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialShort-term effects of cervical kinesio taping on pain and cervical range of motion in patients with acute whiplash injury: a randomized clinical trial.
Randomized clinical trial. ⋯ Therapy, level 1b. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2009;39(7):515-521, Epub 24 February 2009. doi:10.2519/jospt.2009.3072.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jun 2009
Fitness, motor competence, and body composition are weakly associated with adolescent back pain.
Cross-sectional survey. ⋯ Physical characteristics are commonly cited as important risk factors in back pain development. Although some factors were associated with adolescent back pain, and these differed between boys and girls, they made only a small contribution to logistic regression models for back pain. The results suggest future work should explore the interaction of multiple domains of risk factors (physical, lifestyle, and psychosocial) and subgroups of adolescent back pain, for whom different risk factors may be important.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · Jun 2009
Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the lower extremity functional scale for inpatients of an orthopaedic rehabilitation ward.
Single-group, repeated-measures study. ⋯ The LEFS is reliable and valid to assess group and individual change, and has large responsiveness. The LEFS and the comparison measures likely assess different constructs.
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J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · May 2009
ReviewMeasurement properties of the neck disability index: a systematic review.
Systematic review of clinical measurement. ⋯ The NDI has sufficient support and usefulness to retain its current status as the most commonly used self-report measure for neck pain. More studies of CID in different clinical populations and the relationship to subjective/work/function categories are required.