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{"title":"Development of pain science education for chronic low back pain in India.","authors":"V Selva Ganapathy, Geetha Desai, Latha Krishnamurthy, M Manjula, M R Banu, Vidhya R, Saurab Sharma","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2025.2456719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2025.2456719","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pain Science Education (PSE) has been shown to reduce pain and disability in chronic low back pain (CLBP), a prevalent and disabling condition. PSE helps reconceptualize pain using aids like pictures, metaphors, and stories, and supports pain self-management. Due to variations in pain beliefs across different cultures, the PSE resources need to be customized to accommodate respective literacy levels, cultures and languages.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to develop PSE booklets in three Indian languages: Bengali, Hindi and Kannada.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Thirty chronic pain experts (i.e. physiotherapists, pain physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, public health professionals, nurses) independently examined the PSE booklet's content and rated it under: (1) Content adequacy, (2) Simplicity and clarity, (3) Topical flow, (4) Metaphors' appropriateness (5) Illustration suitability (6) Color scheme and (7) Culture-specific content. Five people with lived CLBP experience contributed. The content validity ratio (CVR) was used to rate the content of the PSE booklet in seven domains (e.g. cultural relevance). <i>A priori</i> criterion for acceptance of the content was set at 70%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five booklet chapters were developed and were deemed acceptable. Cultural relevance domain received the highest score.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is the first study to develop culturally relevant PSE booklets in Bengali, Hindi, and Kannada, which are likely to be useful in educating patients with CLBP. The new intervention needs to be tested for effectiveness in respective language-speaking samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143256938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Short-term effectiveness of dry needling on pain and ankle range of motion in athletes with medial tibial stress syndrome- a randomized control trial.","authors":"Amrinder Singh, Nikita Wadhwani, Monika Sharma","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2384611","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2384611","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) is also called soleus syndrome because the resultant periostitis is localized to the medial insertion of the soleus muscle. This study explores the effectiveness of dry needling (DN) targeting soleus myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in managing MTSS.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the impact of DN on pain reduction and ankle range of motion (ROM) improvement in athletes with MTSS.</p><p><strong>Study design: </strong>This randomized controlled trial (RCT) included 50 university-level athletes. (DN group = 25; control group = 25).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Outcome variables, pain, and ankle dorsiflexion ROM were measured using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and universal goniometer, respectively. The trial used statistical analyses like Wilcoxon rank test for within-group comparisons and Mann-Whitney U test for between-group comparisons. The trial was registered with the Clinical Trials Registry of India; CTRI/2023/10/058837.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>There were 24 Females (Age = 21.4 ± 2.06) & 26 Males (Age = 20.5 ± 2.35). DN significantly reduced pain in the intervention group from NPRS 7 ± 1.30 to 2 ± 0.87 (<i>p</i> < 0.001), but in the control group, the pain increased from NPRS 7 ± 0.99 to 7 ± 1.05 (<i>p</i> = 0.009). There was no improvement in ankle ROM.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>DN effectively alleviated MTSS-associated pain in the short-term but was not effective in improving ankle ROM.</p>","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"47-53"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770860/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"There is no madness in spinal manual techniques in the pediatric setting.","authors":"Bettina Küsgen, Michael Ammermann","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2447283","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2447283","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"16-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770868/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tendential and unscientific opinion regarding spinal manipulative therapy in the pediatric population.","authors":"Marc Wuttke, Martin Knuedeler, Katharina Wenning","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2416174","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2416174","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"10-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770871/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142477546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Use of machine learning to identify prognostic variables for outcomes in chronic low back pain treatment: a retrospective analysis.","authors":"Carolyn Cheema, Jonathan Baldwin, Jason Rodeghero, Mark W Werneke, Jerry E Mioduski, Lynn Jeffries, Joseph Kucksdorf, Mark Shepherd, Carol Dionne, Ken Randall","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2424619","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2424619","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Most patients seen in physical therapy (PT) clinics for low back pain (LBP) are treated for chronic low back pain (CLBP), yet PT interventions suggest minimal effectiveness. The Cochrane Back Review Group proposed 'Holy Grail' questions, one being: 'What are the most important (preventable) predictors of chronicity' for patients with LBP? Subsequently, prognostic factors influencing outcomes for CLBP have been described, however results remain conflicting due to methodological weaknesses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective observational cohort study examined prognostic risk factors for PT outcomes in CLBP treatment using a sub-type of AI. Bootstrap random forest supervised machine learning analysis was employed to identify the outcomes-associated variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The top variables identified as predictive were: FOTO™ predicted functional status (FS) change score; FOTO™ predicted number of visits; initial FS score, age; history of jogging/walking, obesity, and previous treatments; provider education level; medication use; gender.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This article presents how AI can be used to predict risk prognostic factors in healthcare research. Improving predictive accuracy helps clinicians predict outcomes and determine most appropriate plans of care and may impact research attrition rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"63-72"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770874/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142630365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Author response to Eric Saedt \"Spinal mobilization in infants reconsidered\".","authors":"Anita R Gross, Kenneth A Olson, Jan Pool, Annalie Basson, Derek Clewley, Jenifer L Dice, Nikki Milne","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2408537","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2408537","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"6-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770855/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sham treatment? Should it be redefined for its use in manual therapy clinical studies?","authors":"Renaud Hage, Christophe Demoulin, Emilio J Puentedura, Jean-Michel Brismée","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2025.2448921","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10669817.2025.2448921","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770848/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142956570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cervicothoracic junction mobilization versus autogenic muscle energy technique for chronic mechanical neck pain: A randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Hoda I Abbas, Ragia M Kamel, Ayman E Shafei, Mayada A Mahmoud, Yasser R Lasheen","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2384199","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2384199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Neck pain is a prevalent global health concern often accompanied by musculoskeletal symptoms. This randomized controlled trial attempted to contrast the impacts of non-thrust Maitland mobilization and Autogenic inhibition muscle energy technique on chronic mechanical neck pain associated with cervico-thoracic junction hypo-mobility.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Sixty participants (24 males and 36 females, aged 18-45 years) were allocated randomly into three equally sized groups (A, B, C). Group A: Maitland mobilization plus conventional treatment, Group B: Autogenic Muscle energy technique plus conventional treatment, while; Group C solely received conventional treatment. Treatment was administered for four weeks, three times a week. Outcome measures: neck pain (The primary outcome measure) assessed by Visual Analog Scale (VAS), disability evaluated through Neck Disability Index (NDI), active range of motion (AROM), and joint position error (JPE) as an indicator of cervical proprioception. All measures were assessed both at baseline and after four weeks of intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results showed significant improvements in VAS, NDI, and increased ROM across all groups post-treatment (<i>p</i> < 0.001). While Groups A and B demonstrated superior outcomes compared to Group C, differences between Groups A and B were not statistically significant (<i>p</i> > 0.05). For VAS and NDI, Cohen-d between Groups A and B was 0.31 and 0.31, and for ROM, Cohen-d was 0.37, 0.16, 0.07, 0.29, 0.36, and 0.53 for flexion, extension, right rotation, left rotation, right bending, and left bending, respectively. Furthermore, all groups experienced a significant decrease in JPE, with Groups A and B showing greater improvement than Group C (<i>p</i> < 0.01). Group B exhibited significantly greater improvement in reducing JPE related to specific motions compared to Group A (<i>p</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Cervico-thoracic junction mobilization and the Autogenic muscle energy technique offer enhanced management for mechanical neck pain by improving pain, function, ROM, and cervical proprioception.</p>","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"36-46"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770858/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spinal mobilization in infants reconsidered.","authors":"Eric Saedt","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2392211","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2392211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this letter to the editor, we discuss additional viewpoints and identify relevant literature to supplement the evidence statement of the authors. We want to make a positive contribution to the discussion about Pediatric Manual Therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770853/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142037339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Manual physical therapy for neck disorders: an umbrella review.","authors":"Breanna Reynolds, Amy McDevitt, Joseph Kelly, Paul Mintken, Derek Clewley","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2425788","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10669817.2024.2425788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Neck pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder, with a prevalence rate (age-standardized) of 27.0 per 1000 in 2019. Approximately 50-85% of individuals with acute neck pain do not experience complete resolution of symptoms, experiencing chronic pain. Manual therapy is a widely employed treatment approach for nonspecific neck pain (NSNP), cervical radiculopathy (CR) and cervicogenic headaches (CGH). This umbrella review synthesized systematic reviews examining manual physical therapy for individuals with cervical disorders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed with Prospero registration (CRD42022327434). Four databases were searched from January 2016 to May 2023 for systematic reviews with or without meta-analysis examining manual therapy for individuals with neck pain of any stage. Interventions included any manual physical therapy of the cervical or thoracic spine as well as neuromobilization of the upper quarter. Primary outcomes included pain and disability. Two reviewers screened for eligibility and completed data extraction. Methodological quality was assessed using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR 2) tool.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 35 SRs were included: 15 NSNP, 7 cervical radiculopathy, 9 CGH and 4 samples with combined diagnoses. AMSTAR 2 ratings of the SRs support high confidence in results for 10 reviews, moderate confidence in 12 reviews and low to critically low confidence in 13 reviews. For NSNP, there was high confidence in the results showing manual therapy combined with exercise was superior to either treatment in isolation. In cervical radiculopathy, neural mobilization, distraction, soft tissue treatment and mobilization/manipulation to cervical and thoracic spine were supported with moderate confidence in results. For CGH, there was high confidence in the results supporting the use of cervical spine mobilization/manipulation, soft tissue mobilization, and manual therapy combined with exercise. Original authors of SRs reported varying quality of primary studies with lack of consistent high quality/low risk of bias designs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Manual therapy plus exercise, cervical or thoracic mobilization and manipulation, neuromobilization, and other types of manual therapy were supported as effective interventions in the management of pain and disability for individuals with NSNP, CGH, or CR in the short-term.</p>","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"18-35"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770850/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}