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A critical overview of current myofascial pain literature - March 2015 (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The second article in this review series considers multiple recent publications about myofascial pain, trigger points (TrPs) and other related topics. The article is divided into several sections, including a Basic Research secti... Read More about A critical overview of current myofascial pain literature - March 2015.

Sensorimotor function of the cervical spine in healthy volunteers (2015)
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© 2015 The Authors. Abstract Background Sensorimotor mechanisms are important for controlling head motion. However, relatively little is known about sensorimotor function in the cervical spine. This study investigated how age, gender and variations i... Read More about Sensorimotor function of the cervical spine in healthy volunteers.

The contribution of early language development to children's emotional and behavioural functioning at 6 years: An analysis of data from the Children in Focus sample from the ALSPAC birth cohort (2015)
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© 2014 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Background: An association between children's early language development and their emotional and behavioural functioning is reported in the literature. The nature of the association remains u... Read More about The contribution of early language development to children's emotional and behavioural functioning at 6 years: An analysis of data from the Children in Focus sample from the ALSPAC birth cohort.

How men manage bulbar urethral stricture by concealing urinary symptoms (2015)
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© 2015 SAGE Publications. In this article, we present findings from research conducted as part of a multi-center surgical trial. Bulbar urethral stricture, a narrowing of the middle urethra, is a common cause of urinary problems in men that can have... Read More about How men manage bulbar urethral stricture by concealing urinary symptoms.

Direct and indirect benefits reported by users of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic musculoskeletal pain: Qualitative exploration using patient interviews (2015)
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© 2015 American Physical Therapy Association. Background. There is no consensus regarding the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for management of chronic musculoskeletal pain or chronic low back pain. A recent review... Read More about Direct and indirect benefits reported by users of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic musculoskeletal pain: Qualitative exploration using patient interviews.

Bariatric diagnostic CT scanning: A radiotherapy perspective (2015)
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© 2015 The College of Radiographers. Obesity is increasing in the United Kingdom. Equipment available for this patient group including wheelchairs, beds and hoists is becoming more common in the hospital environment; diagnostic imaging equipment that... Read More about Bariatric diagnostic CT scanning: A radiotherapy perspective.

Preliminary analysis from a novel treatment targeting the exchange of new information within storytelling for people with nonfluent aphasia and their partners (2015)
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© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Background: Therapy for people with aphasia (PWA) can encompass a wide range of aims and methodologies from targeting the linguistic impairment to strategic compensation to optimise communication, interaction, and vocationa... Read More about Preliminary analysis from a novel treatment targeting the exchange of new information within storytelling for people with nonfluent aphasia and their partners.

The impact of cortical remapping interventions on pain and disability in chronic low back pain: A systematic review (2015)
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© 2014 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Background: Cortical change, in the manner of cortical remapping is a common feature of and potential driver for chronic low back pain (CLBP). Novel interventions such as graded motor imagery (GMI) and mirro... Read More about The impact of cortical remapping interventions on pain and disability in chronic low back pain: A systematic review.

Outcomes of treatment targeting syntax production in people with Broca's-type aphasia: Evidence from psycholinguistic assessment tasks and everyday conversation (2015)
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© 2015 Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Background Capturing evidence of the effects of therapy within everyday communication is the holy grail of aphasia treatment design and evaluation. Whilst impaired sentence production is a predo... Read More about Outcomes of treatment targeting syntax production in people with Broca's-type aphasia: Evidence from psycholinguistic assessment tasks and everyday conversation.

Myofascial pain definitions, historical perspective and further developments (2015)
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Diagnosis, Management and Assessment of Adults with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome: A UK-Wide Survey of Physiotherapy Practice (2015)
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© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) is a heritable disorder associated with excessive joint range of motion and pain in the absence of inflammatory joint disease. It is a relatively common cause of musculoskeletal pain... Read More about Diagnosis, Management and Assessment of Adults with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome: A UK-Wide Survey of Physiotherapy Practice.

Multi-segmental foot modelling during shod activity: study of running shoe integrity (2015)
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An evidence-informed review of the current myofascial pain literature - January 2015 (2015)
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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This article provides an up-to-date review of the most recent publications about myofascial pain, trigger points (TrPs) and other related topics. We have added some commentaries where indicated with supporting references. In the... Read More about An evidence-informed review of the current myofascial pain literature - January 2015.

A critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature - July 2015 (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The current overview includes thirty articles published in the recent past about myofascial pain, trigger points (TrPs) and related topics. In the Basic Research section, several interesting new studies are reviewed addressing th... Read More about A critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature - July 2015.

Effectiveness of physiotherapy exercise following total knee replacement: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2015)
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© 2015 Artz et al. Background: Rehabilitation, with an emphasis on physiotherapy and exercise, is widely promoted after total knee replacement. However, provision of services varies in content and duration. The aim of this study is to update the revi... Read More about Effectiveness of physiotherapy exercise following total knee replacement: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Assessment of glenohumeral subluxation in poststroke hemiplegia: Comparison between ultrasound and fingerbreadth palpation methods (2014)
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© 2014 American Physical Therapy Association. Background. Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is a common poststroke complication. Treatment of GHS is hampered by the lack of objective, real-time clinical measurements.Objective. The aims of this study wer... Read More about Assessment of glenohumeral subluxation in poststroke hemiplegia: Comparison between ultrasound and fingerbreadth palpation methods.

Common variation near ROBO2 is associated with expressive vocabulary in infancy (2014)
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© 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Twin studies suggest that expressive vocabulary at ~24 months is modestly heritable. However, the genes influencing this early linguistic phenotype are unknown. Here we conduct a genome-wide s... Read More about Common variation near ROBO2 is associated with expressive vocabulary in infancy.

Hybrid imaging in nuclear medicine: Creating a patient-centric approach to service delivery (2014)
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Health professionals across the world now work within an environment of flux and uncertainty, which inevitably presents new challenges for the workforce, in terms of developing new skills and knowledge. This, when coupled with the need to provide hig... Read More about Hybrid imaging in nuclear medicine: Creating a patient-centric approach to service delivery.

Developing guidance for the appropriate use of Computed Tomography within a hybrid imaging environment (2014)
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The introduction of Computed Tomography (CT) within the nuclear medicine environment over the last decade has led to a dramatic increase in the number of hybrid imaging installations within the United Kingdom. Modern multislice Single Photon Emissi... Read More about Developing guidance for the appropriate use of Computed Tomography within a hybrid imaging environment.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a group-based pain self-management intervention for patients undergoing total hip replacement: Feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial (2014)
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Background: Total hip replacement (THR) is a common elective surgical procedure and can be effective for reducing chronic pain. However, waiting times can be considerable. A pain self-management intervention may provide patients with skills to more e... Read More about Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a group-based pain self-management intervention for patients undergoing total hip replacement: Feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial.