Systematic Review to Inform the Developmental Coordination Disorder Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Physical Therapy Examination/Evaluation.

Purpose/hypothesis: Systematically review current evidence on the content of physical therapy (PT) examination and evaluation to inform the update to the 2020 Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG).

Methods: Eight databases were searched for studies that informed the content of PT examination and evaluation, including psychometric properties of tests and measures used in the PT management of DCD. Methodological quality and certainty of evidence were assessed.

Systematic Review to Inform the Developmental Coordination Disorder Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Physical Therapy Intervention.

Purpose: Systematically review current evidence on physical therapy (PT) intervention for developmental coordination disorder (DCD) to inform the update to the 2020 DCD Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG).

Methods: Eight databases were searched for qualitative studies, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews (SRs) that informed PT management of DCD. Risk of bias and certainty of evidence were assessed.

Efficacy of adding selective electrical muscle stimulation to usual physical therapy for Bell's palsy: immediate and six-month outcomes.

Bell's palsy is the most common cause of facial paralysis, affecting one in every 60 people in their lifetime. Transcutaneously applied selective electrical muscle stimulation could potentially accelerate recovery from Bell's palsy but this intervention remains controversial. Studies have shown benefit, but concerns for lack of efficacy and potential for worsening synkinesis remain.