Matthew D Jones, Harrison J Hansford, Andrew Bastianon, Mitchell T Gibbs, Yannick L Gilanyi, Nadine E Foster, Sarah G Dean, Rachel Ogilvie, Jill A Hayden, Lianne Wood
{"title":"Exercise adherence is associated with improvements in pain intensity and functional limitations in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain: a secondary analysis of a Cochrane review.","authors":"Matthew D Jones, Harrison J Hansford, Andrew Bastianon, Mitchell T Gibbs, Yannick L Gilanyi, Nadine E Foster, Sarah G Dean, Rachel Ogilvie, Jill A Hayden, Lianne Wood","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Question: </strong>What is the association between exercise adherence and the effects of exercise on pain intensity and functional limitations in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP)?</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Systematic review with meta-analysis.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Adults with CNSLBP.</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>Randomised controlled trials of exercise compared with no exercise (eg, usual care, placebo/sham or another conservative treatment). Adherence to exercise must have been reported.</p><p><strong>Outcome measures: </strong>Pain intensity and functional limitations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study included 46 trials with 56 exercise groups. High exercise adherence (80 to 100%) was associated with reduced pain intensity (0 to 100 scale) (MD -14.32, 95% CI -18.61 to -10.03, low certainty) and functional limitations (0 to 100 scale) (MD -8.08, 95% CI -10.68 to -5.49, low certainty). Moderate exercise adherence (60 to 79%) was not associated with reduced pain intensity (MD -4.53, 95% CI -9.39 to 0.34, very low certainty) or functional limitations (MD -2.75, 95% CI -6.00 to 0.51, very low certainty). Low exercise adherence (< 59%) was associated with reduced pain intensity (MD -5.33, 95% CI -10.00 to -0.66, low certainty) and functional limitations (MD -4.43, 95% CI -7.14 to -1.72, moderate certainty). Compared with low adherence, additional differences in outcomes for moderate and high adherence were mostly negligible.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Higher exercise adherence is associated with larger improvements in clinical outcomes in adults with CNSLBP, although overall differences are small compared with lower adherence. Other factors besides adherence between the trials and exercise programs could explain these results. Further research is needed to determine the causal effect of exercise adherence on outcomes in adults with CNSLBP.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>PROSPERO CRD42023447355 and Open Science Framework https://osf.io/7p6dw/.</p>","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physiotherapy management of gluteal tendinopathy.","authors":"Angela M Fearon","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research Note: Health economic modelling to inform the cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions.","authors":"Anagha Killedar, Alison Hayes","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2025.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management.","authors":"Amy Dennett","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2025.02.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hytalo de Jesus Silva, Júlio Pascoal de Miranda, Whesley Tanor Silva, Leticia Soares Fonseca, Diêgo Mendes Xavier, Murilo Xavier Oliveira, Vinicius Cunha Oliveira
{"title":"Group-based exercise reduces pain and disability and improves other outcomes in older people with chronic non-specific low back pain: the ESCAPE randomised trial.","authors":"Hytalo de Jesus Silva, Júlio Pascoal de Miranda, Whesley Tanor Silva, Leticia Soares Fonseca, Diêgo Mendes Xavier, Murilo Xavier Oliveira, Vinicius Cunha Oliveira","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Question: </strong>In older people with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP), what is the effect of a group-based exercise protocol compared with a waitlist control on pain intensity, disability, global perceived effect, frequency of falls, fear of falling and physical activity?</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Randomised trial with concealed allocation and intention-to-treat analysis.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>One hundred and twenty people aged ≥ 60 years with CNSLBP.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Participants were allocated to undertake 1-hour group exercise sessions, three times per week for 8 weeks or to a waitlist control.</p><p><strong>Outcome measures: </strong>The primary outcomes were pain intensity and disability. Secondary outcomes were the global perceived effect, frequency of falls, fear of falling and physical activity level. Data were collected at baseline, 8 weeks, 5 months and 12 months after randomisation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with control, group-based exercise reduced pain intensity on a 0-to-10 scale (MD -2.0, 95% CI -2.8 to -1.3) and disability on the 0-to-24 Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (MD -3.4, 95% CI -4.7 to -2.1). Group-based exercise also led to higher ratings of global perceived effect sustained through to 12 months and higher levels of physical activity at week 8. The effect on fear of falling was clearly negligible.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Group-based exercise has long-term benefits for pain intensity, disability and global perceived effect, with at least a short-term benefit for physical activity. Group-based exercise can be safely implemented in primary healthcare settings to manage CNSLBP in older people.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>RBR-9j5pqs.</p>","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critically appraised paper: In adults on mechanical ventilation with weaning difficulties, high-intensity inspiratory muscle training did not improve the weaning success rate compared with sham inspiratory muscle training [synopsis].","authors":"Vinicius Cavalheri","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2025.02.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.02.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low back pain management.","authors":"Natasha C Pocovi, Mark R Elkins","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marte Charlotte Dobbertin Gram, Morten Wang Fagerland, Kari Bø
{"title":"Pelvic floor muscle training by competitive rhythmic gymnasts at regular training sessions did not reduce urinary incontinence: a cluster-randomised trial.","authors":"Marte Charlotte Dobbertin Gram, Morten Wang Fagerland, Kari Bø","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Question: </strong>What is the effect of an expanded warm-up program including pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) compared with usual warm-up on bother and prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) among rhythmic gymnasts? What is the self-perceived effect of PFMT, including its progression over time, assessed via the global rating of change?</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cluster-randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation and intention-to-treat analysis.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Gymnasts had to be ≥ 12 years of age and training in rhythmic gymnastics ≥ 3 days/week. Twenty-three rhythmic gymnastics clubs were randomised to an experimental group (12 clubs, 119 gymnasts) or a control group (11 clubs, 86 gymnasts).</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>The experimental group performed one set of 8 to 12 near-maximum pelvic floor muscle contractions and exercises for the knees, lower back and hip/groin as warm-up before each training session for 8 months. The control group continued rhythmic gymnastics training as usual without PFMT or additional lower back and lower limb exercises.</p><p><strong>Outcome measures: </strong>Primary outcomes were bother from UI (score 0 to 21) and prevalence of UI, each measured by the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire - Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI-SF). The secondary outcome measure was the self-perceived effect and its progress over time, assessed using the global rating of change (-5 to 5).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The difference between the groups in the ICIQ-UI-SF total score (ie, UI bother) was clearly negligible (MD -0.48, 95% CI -1.27 to 0.31). The prevalence of UI reduced from 46 to 41% in the experimental group and increased from 32 to 34% in the control group; despite this, the risk difference at 8 months was negligible (RD 0.07) and the confidence interval spanned mainly negligible effects (95% CI -0.08 to 0.21). Experimental group participants rated their global change at a mean of 2.1 (SD 1.7).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Eight months of warm-up before rhythmic gymnastics training sessions that included one set of 8 to 12 near-maximum PFM contractions did not reduce UI bother. The effect on UI prevalence was also likely to be negligible, despite experimental group participants perceiving benefit from the intervention.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05506579.</p>","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critically appraised paper: In-bed cycle ergometry in mechanically ventilated patients is safe but does not improve physical function after intensive care discharge [commentary].","authors":"Ianthe Boden","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.11.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2024.11.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critically appraised paper: Once-weekly semaglutide in people with obesity and knee osteoarthritis [commentary].","authors":"Sam Adie","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2025.02.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.02.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}