Oswestry Disability Index, Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire, and Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale: Responsiveness and Minimal Clinically Important Changes in Iranian People with Lumbar Disc Herniation Following Physiotherapy.

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the responsiveness of the Persian version of the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ), and Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS) and detect minimal clinically important changes (MCICs) of these questionnaires in people with lumbar disc herniation.

Methods: Ninety-two patients with lumbar herniated disc completed the Persianversion of the ODI, RMDQ, and QBPDS before and after the physiotherapy intervention. Additionally, they completed a global rating of change scale after the final physiotherapy session to give an account of non-improved and improved outcomes.

Responsiveness and Minimally Important Changes for Persian-version of Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation Questionnaire in Patients with Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy Following Physiotherapy Intervention.

Background: Evaluating responsiveness and calculating minimally important change (MIC) for the Persian-version of the Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) questionnaire following physiotherapy in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET).

Methods: We enrolled 82 patients with LET to complete the PRTEE. After completing four weeks of physiotherapy, all patients were reevaluated by the PRTEE.

The effectiveness of comprehensive physiotherapy compared with corticosteroid injection on pain, disability, treatment effectiveness, and quality of life in patients with subacromial pain syndrome: a parallel, single-blind, randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Comparing short- and long-term effects of comprehensive physiotherapy (CP) and subacromial corticosteroid injection (SCI) on pain, disability, and quality of life in the patients with subacromial pain syndrome (SAPS).

Design: 2 × 4 randomized controlled trial.

Participants: 50 participants with unilateral SAPS.

Shoulder and scapula muscle training plus conventional physiotherapy versus conventional physiotherapy only: a randomized controlled trial of patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy.

Background: Previous studies have suggested that weakening of shoulder and scapula muscles have been associated with increased pain, and decreased functional abilities in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET).

Purpose: To compare the effects of shoulder and scapula muscle training plus conventional physiotherapy with conventional physiotherapy only.

Methods: A group of 48 patients with LET was randomly allocated into two groups: shoulder and scapula muscle training plus conventional physiotherapy ( = 24), and conventional physiotherapy ( = 24).