Balance confidence and associated factors among patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Introduction: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a progressive condition that results in decreased mobility, self-imposed restriction of activity, and impaired functions such as loss of self-efficacy, fear of falling, and balance impairments. This study assessed balance confidence and associated factors among patients with KOA.

Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 115 patients with KOA.

Upper limb disabilities and associated factors among breast cancer survivors: A quantitative cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Complications following breast cancer treatment result in chronic upper limb disabilities. To plan an informed and effective rehabilitation for timely intervention to prevent, mitigate, or manage the functional impairments for breast cancer survivors, especially in settings with limited resources, the burden of upper limb disabilities needs to be ascertained. This study examined upper limb disabilities and associated factors among breast cancer survivors.

Ensuring quality of life in palliative care physiotherapy in developing countries.

Palliative care (PC) focuses on the body, mind, and spirit and can also provide pain and symptom relief, clarifying and focusing the provision of care on the patient's desires and goals, and helping them understand their disease and its treatment plans. Although PC is widely recognized for its applicability near the end of life or during terminal illness, it is also applicable and beneficial for patients with diseases in their earlier stages. Near the end of life, palliative care often focuses on providing continual symptom management and supportive care.

Relationship between hamstrings-quadriceps strength ratio and the performance of tasks in Berg's Balance Scale among stroke survivors in Abakaliki, Nigeria.

Aim: The study was designed to establish the relationship between hamstrings-quadriceps (H-Q) strength ratio and the performance of tasks in Berg's Balance Scale among stroke survivors.

Method: Twenty-five stroke survivors participated in the study. The hamstrings and quadriceps muscle strengths of both the paretic and non-paretic sides were determined at 60° knee flexion with an electronic tensiometer.

Kinesiophobia and associated factors among patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

Purpose: This study determined the association between kinesiophobia and age, body mass index, highest educational status, self-efficacy, pain intensity, and disability in chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP) patients. Predictors of kinesiophobia were also assessed.

Methods: This cross-sectional design utilised 224 CNSLBP patients in tertiary hospitals in Nigeria.

Patient involvement in medical decisions: a survey of shared decision making during physical therapy consultations.

Introduction: Shared decision making (SDM) is widely affirmed as an ethical principle in healthcare; underpinned by both evidence of its positive outcomes among patients and strong inducements for its adoption by health professionals. This study investigated patients' involvement in SDM, determined its association with their personal characteristics and identified factors influencing their participation.

Method: A cross-sectional survey was executed among 148 consenting patients, who were recruited using convenience sampling technique and invited to complete self-report questionnaires on SDM.

Distribution pattern and prevalence of haematological cancers among adults in Abakaliki, South-Eastern Nigeria.

Background: Haematological cancers are clonal diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs, with the distribution pattern not known in our locality. This study aimed to describe the distribution pattern and prevalence of haematological cancers among adults in Abakaliki, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: This was an 8-year retrospective study in which the hospital records/case notes of adult patients diagnosed and managed for haematological cancers from May 2012 to April 2020 were reviewed.