{"title":"Implementing Evidence-Based Care Relies on a Whole Lot More Than the Creation of Generalizable Research.","authors":"Anthony Delitto","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae100","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ptj/pzae100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141860596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andres Jung, Wolfgang Geidl, Leon Matting, Lina-Marie Hoessel, Waldemar Siemens, Gorden Sudeck, Klaus Pfeifer
{"title":"Efficacy of Physical Activity Promoting Interventions in Physical Therapy and Exercise Therapy for Persons With Noncommunicable Diseases: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.","authors":"Andres Jung, Wolfgang Geidl, Leon Matting, Lina-Marie Hoessel, Waldemar Siemens, Gorden Sudeck, Klaus Pfeifer","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae053","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ptj/pzae053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to synthesize the evidence from systematic reviews on the efficacy of physical therapy and exercise therapy, including interventional elements explicitly aiming at physical activity promotion (PAP) in patients with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched from inception to February 28, 2023. Two independent reviewers screened the literature to identify systematic reviews that evaluated the effects of physical therapy and exercise therapy, including PAP interventions. Patient-reported and device-based measures of physical activity (PA) outcomes were included. Qualitative and quantitative data from systematic reviews were extracted by 2 independent reviewers. Assessment of the methodological quality of the included systematic reviews was performed using A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR 2). We assessed primary study overlap by calculating the corrected covered area and conducted the evidence synthesis in accordance with the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fourteen systematic reviews were included in the present overview, including patients with a variety of NCDs. Most included systematic reviews had critically low (n = 5) to low (n = 7) methodological quality. Most meta-analyses (67%; 8/12) provided evidence supporting the short- and long-term efficacy of PAP interventions, but not all pooled estimates were clinically relevant. Only three of the systematic reviews with meta-analysis included an assessment of the certainty of the evidence. The evidence from systematic reviews without meta-analysis was inconclusive.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of the present overview suggest that PAP interventions in physical therapy or exercise therapy may be effective in improving PA for patients with NCDs in the short and long term. The results should be interpreted with caution due to the limited certainty of evidence and critically low-to-low methodological quality of the included systematic reviews. Both high-quality primary studies and systematic reviews are required to confirm these results.</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>There is limited evidence that PAP interventions in physical therapy and exercise therapy may be effective in improving PA for patients with NCDs.</p>","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140336538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Effects of a Novel Web-Based Sensorimotor Exercise Program for Patients With Subacute Whiplash-Associated Disorders: Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzae021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141734908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jason L Silvernail, Gail D Deyle, Gail M Jensen, Eric Chaconas, Josh Cleland, Chad Cook, Carol A Courtney, Julie Fritz, Paul Mintken, Elaine Lonnemann
{"title":"Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy: A Modern Definition and Description.","authors":"Jason L Silvernail, Gail D Deyle, Gail M Jensen, Eric Chaconas, Josh Cleland, Chad Cook, Carol A Courtney, Julie Fritz, Paul Mintken, Elaine Lonnemann","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae036","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ptj/pzae036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Currently, orthopaedic manual physical therapy (OMPT) lacks a description of practice that reflects contemporary thinking and embraces advances across the scientific, clinical, and educational arms of the profession. The absence of a clear definition of OMPT reduces understanding of the approach across health care professions and potentially limits OMPT from inclusion in scientific reviews and clinical practice guidelines. For example, it is often incorrectly classified as passive care or incorrectly contrasted with exercise-therapy approaches. This perspective aims to provide clinicians, researchers, and stakeholders a modern definition of OMPT that improves the understanding of this approach both inside and outside the physical therapist profession. The authors also aim to outline the unique and essential aspects of advanced OMPT training with the corresponding examination and treatment competencies. This definition of practice and illustration of its defining characteristics is necessary to improve the understanding of this approach and to help classify it correctly for study in the scientific literature. This perspective provides a current definition and conceptual model of OMPT, defining the distinguishing characteristics and key elements of this systematic and active patient-centered approach to improve understanding and help classify it correctly for study in the scientific literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140065678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Albert-Lucena, Marcos José Navarro-Santana, María José Días-Arribas, Juan Antonio Valera-Calero, César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, Gustavo Plaza-Manzano
{"title":"Exploring Symptom Responses to Upper Limb Neural Test Variations of the Radial Nerve in Patients With Lateral Epicondylalgia: An Observational Study.","authors":"Daniel Albert-Lucena, Marcos José Navarro-Santana, María José Días-Arribas, Juan Antonio Valera-Calero, César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, Gustavo Plaza-Manzano","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae041","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ptj/pzae041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Clinical practice guidelines recommend the radial nerve mechanosensitivity evaluation in patients with lateral epicondylalgia. Despite different positions and sequences having been described, no research analyzed how each variation triggers symptoms associated with lateral epicondylalgia. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of different positions and sequences in the upper limb neural tension test 2b (ULNT2b) in symptom responses in patients with lateral epicondylalgia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this observational study, 66 patients underwent 4 test conditions: standard ULNT2b, ULNT2b proximal to distal, ULNT2B with resisted supination, and resisted supination isolated. Paresthesia sensations, symptom reproduction, pain intensity (measured using a visual analog scale), and distribution of painful symptoms data were collected.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant differences in paresthesia sensations were observed between groups, with significant differences between the standard ULNT2B and other ULNT variations or resisted supination maneuvers. Symptom reproduction also differed significantly across groups, with significant differences between the standard ULNT2B and other ULNT or resisted supination tests. The positive/negative test and percentage of distribution of painful symptoms scores varied significantly across 4 conditions in both lateral and frontal views. Although pain intensity scores during tests were comparable among the tests, distribution of painful symptoms differed significantly.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Variations in the ULNT2b test can affect symptom responses in patients with lateral epicondylalgia. The standard ULNT2b test appears more effective at reproducing symptoms, intensity of paresthesia, and distribution of painful symptoms compared to other ULNT variations and the resisted supination test.</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>ULNT2b sequences have been shown to elicit varying responses concerning paresthesia, replication of familiar symptoms, positive/negative test results, and distribution of painful symptoms. Clinicians should consider specific test variations during the patients' radial nerve mechanosensitivity assessment to identify aggravating factors reproducing recognizable symptoms. A control group of asymptomatic participants and the role of presence of other comorbidities, psychological factors, or the duration of symptoms were not considered in this study and might play an important role influencing the results of the tests.</p>","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140158752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jéssica B Aily, Alyssa Conte da Silva, Marcos de Noronha, Daniel K White, Stela M Mattiello
{"title":"Concurrent Validity and Reliability of Video-Based Approach to Assess Physical Function in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis.","authors":"Jéssica B Aily, Alyssa Conte da Silva, Marcos de Noronha, Daniel K White, Stela M Mattiello","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae039","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ptj/pzae039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of this study was to determine the concurrent validity and reliability of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International recommended performance-based tests delivered by video-based in adults with knee osteoarthritis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty-two participants (aged 40-70 years; 15 men) undertook assessments of 4 performance-based tests via both video-based (real-time and recorded) and face-to-face approaches, on the same day. Outcome measures were performance-based test and the number of technical issues encountered. The performance-based tests included the 40-Meter Fast-Paced Walk Test (velocity, m/s), the 30-Second Chair Stand Test (number of repetitions), the Stair Climb Test (time, seconds), and the Timed \"Up & Go\" Test (time, seconds). The Bland-Altman limit of agreement measures, standard error of measurement (SEM), coefficient of variation (CV), minimal detectable changes, and bias (mean difference) were employed to analyze the concurrent validity between video-based and face-to-face approaches of the performance-based tests. Reliability was measured using intraclass correlation coefficients, CV, and SEM.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A high degree of concurrent validity for the Timed \"Up & Go\" Test (bias = -0.22), the 30-Second Chair Stand Test (bias = -0.22), the Stair Climb Test (bias = -0.31), and the 40-Meter Fast-Paced Walk Test (bias = -0.06) was found. SEM and CV values were within the acceptable level for concurrent validity. There was a high degree of reliability demonstrated for all tests analyzed. Intraclass correlation coefficient measures ranged from 0.95 to 1.00 for intrarater reliability, and from 0.95 to 0.99 for interrater reliability.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Video-based assessment of physical performance tests is a valid and reliable tool for measuring physical function among adults with knee osteoarthritis via Microsoft Teams (Microsoft Corp, Redmond, WA, USA).</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>Video-based assessment is a promising public health tool to measure physical function in adults with knee osteoarthritis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140306420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher T Joyce, Jason M Beneciuk, Steven Z George
{"title":"Author Response to Sahrmann.","authors":"Christopher T Joyce, Jason M Beneciuk, Steven Z George","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae035","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ptj/pzae035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140065676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jente Bontinck, Mira Meeus, Lennard Voogt, Marjolein Chys, Iris Coppieters, Barbara Cagnie, Kayleigh De Meulemeester
{"title":"Online Exercise Programs for Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial Reveals Comparable Effects of Global, Local, and Combined Approaches.","authors":"Jente Bontinck, Mira Meeus, Lennard Voogt, Marjolein Chys, Iris Coppieters, Barbara Cagnie, Kayleigh De Meulemeester","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae040","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ptj/pzae040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Specific neck exercises are recommended in the rehabilitation of chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNNP). They are unfortunately often accompanied by acute pain flare-ups. Global exercises might be a beneficial addition, as they activate endogenous analgesia without overloading painful structures. However, it is still unclear which type of exercise is most effective. This randomized controlled trial was done to evaluate the effect of an online blended program of global and specific neck exercises, compared to programs including only 1 of both types of exercise.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-eight patients with CNNP were randomized into 3 groups. Online questionnaires were collected at baseline, at midtreatment, immediately after treatment, and at the 3-month follow-up. Quantitative sensory testing and actigraphy were assessed at baseline and after treatment. Linear mixed-model analyses were performed to evaluate treatment effects within and between groups. Neck pain-related disability after treatment was considered the primary outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No time × treatment interaction effects were found. All groups improved in neck pain-related disability, pain intensity, self-reported symptoms of central sensitization, local pain sensitivity, physical activity, and pain medication use. No effects were found on quality of life, sleep quality, depression, anxiety, stress, widespread pain sensitivity, health economics, or actigraphy measurements. A higher global perceived effect was reported after performing the blended program, compared to the other groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A blended exercise program was not superior to the stand-alone programs in reducing disability. Nevertheless, the global perceived effect of this type of exercise was higher. Future research necessitates larger sample sizes to adequately explore the optimal type of exercise for patients with CNNP.</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>Exercise therapy should be an important part of the rehabilitation of patients with CNNP, regardless of the type of exercise.</p>","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140158753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Consie Cauilan-Aguila, Tarang Kumar Jain, Alan Chong W Lee, Shirlie Mae Peralta
{"title":"When East Meets West: Considerations in Physical Therapist Care for the Asian American Population.","authors":"Maria Consie Cauilan-Aguila, Tarang Kumar Jain, Alan Chong W Lee, Shirlie Mae Peralta","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae020","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ptj/pzae020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139747208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Igniting the Fire of Discovery: Creating Partnerships Between Research, Education, and Practice.","authors":"Stacey C Dusing","doi":"10.1093/ptj/pzae044","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ptj/pzae044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the 28th H.P. Maley Lecture, Stacey Dusing, PT, PhD, FAPTA, shares a perspective on the importance of clinician-scientists in bridging the chasm that currently exists between scholarship and clinical practice. Describing herself as a clinician-scientist, or a qualified health care professional who functions mainly as a career scientist with the other portion of time dedicated to clinical practice, Dusing highlights the potential impact of limited training for clinician-scientists in the physical therapist profession and its impact on the future of physical therapy. She challenges all physical therapists to consider the impact of Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education requirements on scholarship and the lack of requirement for clinical practice while also recognizing that training programs for clinician-scientists are quite limited. Reviewing some historical data and highlighting possible areas for growth, Dusing calls physical therapists to action in 4 areas. This paper calls all physical therapists, especially educators and administrators, to consider the role of clinician-scientist in promoting physical therapy and knowledge translation. The author challenges the profession to consider whether we are helping to train or embed clinician-scientists in our clinical workplaces to promote knowledge translation. Suggestions are made to improve research and clinical training programs to increase the number of clinician-scientists in physical therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":20093,"journal":{"name":"Physical Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140306421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}