Patient attitudes and experiences towards exercise during oncological treatment. A qualitative systematic review.

Purpose: Exercise and physical activity (PA) during oncological treatment have many benefits. However, PA levels and adherence are often low. This systematic review of qualitative literature aims to explore the experience and the perceived barriers and facilitators to exercise and physical activity during treatment.

Scoping review: Mobility aids for people with sight loss across the ICF domains of functions, activities, and participation.

Significance: There is little literature linking mobility aids for people with sight loss to the functions, activities, and participation domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Future studies on this relationship should be funded and pursued to better understand ways to maximize the benefit of mobility aids.

Purpose: The ICF domains of functions, activities, and participation are potentially health-supporting aspects of daily living that may be impeded for people with sight loss.

Patient decision aids for aortic stenosis and chronic coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: Shared decision-making is recommended for patients considering treatment options for severe aortic stenosis (AS) and chronic coronary artery disease (CAD). This review aims to systematically identify and assess patient decision aids (PtDAs) for chronic CAD and AS and evaluate the international evidence on their effectiveness for improving the quality of decision-making.

Methods And Results: Five databases (Cochrane, CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, and PsycInfo), clinical trial registers, and 30 PtDA repositories/websites were searched from 2006 to March 2023.

Efficacy of unsupervised exercise in adults with obstructive lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: The benefits of unsupervised exercise programmes in obstructive lung disease are unclear. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise evidence regarding the efficacy of unsupervised exercise versus non-exercise-based usual care in patients with obstructive lung disease.

Methods: Electronic databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Physiotherapy Evidence Database) and trial registers (ClinicalTrials.

Development and Content Validity of the Clinical Assessment of Body Alignment for Children With Cerebral Palsy.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the development and content validity of the clinical assessment of body alignment (CABA) to measure body alignment in children with cerebral palsy.

Methods: Content validity and clinical utility were examined through expert opinion of 283 pediatric physical therapists. Participants reviewed items as matching or not to the domain of body alignment.

Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care.

Background: The proportion of the world's population aged over 60 years is increasing. Therefore, there is a need to examine different methods of healthcare provision for this population. Medical day hospitals provide multidisciplinary health services to older people in one location.

Reflections on mirror therapy: a systematic review of the effect of mirror visual feedback on the brain.

Background: Mirror visual feedback (MVF), a phenomenon where movement of one limb is perceived as movement of the other limb, has the capacity to alleviate phantom limb pain or promote motor recovery of the upper limbs after stroke. The tool has received great interest from health professionals; however, a clear understanding of the mechanisms underlying the neural recovery owing to MVF is lacking.

Objective: We performed a systematic review to assess the effect of MVF on brain activation during a motor task.

Effect of bidirectional rotation of an acupuncture needle at LI10 on acupuncture needle sensation and experimentally-induced contact heat pain in healthy human volunteers.

Introduction: There is insufficient evidence of a relationship between acupuncture needle sensations (de qi) and hypoalgesia. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of bidirectional needle rotation at LI10 on acupuncture needle sensations and heat pain thresholds.

Methods: Twenty-two healthy participants received one acupuncture needle at LI10 with bidirectional rotation of the needle in one experimental session and one acupuncture needle at LI10 with mock rotation in a separate session, in a randomised order.

An investigation into the hypoalgesic effects of transcutaneous piezoelectric current on experimentally induced thermal stimuli in healthy participants.

Objectives:   To investigate the effects of transcutaneous piezoelectric currents on experimentally induced thermal pain in healthy human participants.

Materials And Methods:   A repeated measure cross-over study recorded sensory detection and pain thresholds to contact thermal stimuli during active and placebo (no current) transcutaneous piezoelectric current in 15 pain-free healthy human volunteers. Active transcutaneous piezoelectric current (6 µA) was delivered as 35 high voltage single rectangular pulses (1 Hz) at the LI4 (Hegu) acupuncture point.

Intra-individual variations in the bifurcation of the radial nerve and the length of the posterior interosseous nerve.

Anatomical literature on the radial nerve predominantly features inter-individual variations, with comparatively few studies investigating intra-individual variations. The radial nerve has a complex and variable course, particularly in relation to the location at which the nerve bifurcates to form the superficial branch of the radial nerve and the posterior interosseous nerve. Variations of the radial nerve may change the way the nerve and its branches, their blood supply and nerve transmission respond to forces.

An experimental study on the self-report of acupuncture needle sensation during deep needling with bi-directional rotation.

Background: Traditionally, acupuncturists manipulate needles to enhance sensations referred to as de qi or 'acupuncture needle sensation'. Acupuncture needle sensations are complex and quantifying the experience has been difficult. The aim of this crossover study was to measure self-reported needle sensation during deep and bi-directional rotated needling in 15 healthy volunteers.

Could acupuncture needle sensation be a predictor of analgesic response?

During acupuncture some patients experience distinct sensations which are often referred to as needle sensation. Needle sensation may be related to treatment outcome, although what constitutes adequate acupuncture needle sensation is not known. In this paper, we debate the possibility of using the self-report of the overall intensity of needle sensation as a predictor of analgesic outcome to acupuncture.