Pilates Reformer exercises for fall risk reduction in older adults: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate the effects of Pilates exercises using a Reformer on measures of fall risk, balance and mobility, self-efficacy, and active range of motion in adults age 65 and over at risk for falls compared to a control group.

Design: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Methods: Fifty-five subjects (27 Pilates intervention, 28 control; 38 females, 17 males; mean age 77.

Ultrasound study of elbow ulnar collateral ligament changes in collegiate baseball players: A pilot study.

Objective: To assess changes in elbow ulnar collateral ligament length in college baseball pitchers over the course of a single season.

Design: Cohort Feasibility Study.

Methods: Diagnostic ultrasound was used to assess both the dominant and non-dominant medial elbow joint space in four pitchers and five fielders and compared to in-game pitching data.

Proposed algorithm for the management of athletes with athletic pubalgia (sports hernia): a case series.

Study Design: A case series of 6 athletes with a suspected sports hernia.

Background: Groin pain in athletes is common, and 1 source of groin pain is athletic pubalgia, or a sports hernia. Description of this condition and its management is scarce in the physical therapy literature.

Comparison of manual therapy techniques with therapeutic exercise in the treatment of shoulder impingement: a randomized controlled pilot clinical trial.

The purpose of this double-blind, randomized controlled pilot study was to compare the effectiveness of four physical therapy interventions in the treatment of primary shoulder impingement syndrome: 1) supervised exercise only, 2) supervised exercise with glenohumeral mobilizations, 3) supervised exercise with a mobilization-with-movement (MWM) technique, or 4) a control group receiving only physician advice. Thirty-three subjects diagnosed with primary shoulder impingement were randomly assigned to one of these four groups. Main outcome measures included 24-hour pain (VAS), pain with the Neer and Hawkins-Kennedy tests, shoulder active range of motion (AROM), and shoulder function (SPADI).

Inter- and intrarater reliability of a back range of motion instrument.

Objective: To examine the interrater and intrarater reliability of a back range of motion (BROM) instrument when measuring lumbar spine active planar motions and pelvic inclination.

Design: Single-group repeated measures for inter- and intrarater reliability.

Setting: Academic institution.