{"title":"Critically appraised paper: An individualised, progressive walking and education intervention reduces the risk of low back pain recurrence [synopsis]","authors":"Nina Østerås","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.09.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":"71 1","pages":"Page 57"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142367143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paper of the Year 2024","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":"71 1","pages":"Page 7"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143102882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cover image and highlights","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1836-9553(24)00135-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1836-9553(24)00135-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":"71 1","pages":"Page OFC"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143103332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research Note: Economic evaluations in physiotherapy","authors":"Johanna M van Dongen , Judith E Bosmans","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":"71 1","pages":"Pages 66-71"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142830432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critically appraised paper: In rural youth, the iAmHealthy paediatric weight management intervention stabilises body mass index z-scores and impacts health behaviours compared with newsletters with similar content [synopsis]","authors":"Nikki Milne","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.11.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":"71 1","pages":"Page 59"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lydia W Chen , Md. Shofiqul Islam , Lisa A Harvey , Nicole Whitehead , Mohammad Sohrab Hossain , Ehsanur Rahman , Farjana Taoheed , Nadia Afrin Urme , Joanne V Glinsky
{"title":"Strength training with electrical stimulation has no or little effect on the very weak muscles of patients with spinal cord injury: a randomised trial","authors":"Lydia W Chen , Md. Shofiqul Islam , Lisa A Harvey , Nicole Whitehead , Mohammad Sohrab Hossain , Ehsanur Rahman , Farjana Taoheed , Nadia Afrin Urme , Joanne V Glinsky","doi":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.11.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jphys.2024.11.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Question</h3><div>Is electrical stimulation (ES) combined with strength training and usual care more effective than usual care alone in increasing the strength of very weak muscles in people with recent spinal cord injury (SCI)?</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>A randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation, intention-to-treat analysis and blinded outcome assessors.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>Sixty participants with recent SCI were recruited from three SCI units in Australia and Bangladesh.</div></div><div><h3>Interventions</h3><div>Participants were randomised to either a treatment or control group. A major muscle group of the upper or lower limb with Grade 1 or Grade 2 strength on a standard 6-point manual muscle test was selected. Participants in the experimental group received strength training combined with ES and usual care for the target muscle group over 8 weeks. Participants in the control group received only usual care.</div></div><div><h3>Outcome measures</h3><div>Assessments were undertaken by a blinded assessor at baseline and 8 weeks. The primary outcome was voluntary muscle strength on a modified 13-point manual muscle test. The three secondary outcomes were participants’ perceptions of strength, function and ability to perform self-selected goals.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The mean between-group difference for voluntary strength at 8 weeks was 0.7 out of 13 points (95% CI –0.7 to 2.1), where the clinically worthwhile treatment effect was deemed a priori as 1 point. None of the secondary outcomes demonstrated a clinically important effect.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Strength training combined with ES over 8 weeks has a negligible effect on the strength of very weak muscles in people with SCI.</div></div><div><h3>Registration</h3><div>ACTRN12621000197831.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":"71 1","pages":"Pages 42-47"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142830435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}