Physical therapists' level of McKenzie education, functional outcomes, and utilization in patients with low back pain.

Study Design: Longitudinal, prospective, observational cohort.

Objective: To examine associations between McKenzie training, functional status (FS) at discharge, and number of physical therapy visits (utilization) in patients receiving physical therapy for low back pain.

Background: The McKenzie method is commonly used in treating patients with low back pain.

Reproducibility of ultrasonic measurements of pelvic floor structures in women suffering from urinary incontinence.

The aim of this study was to examine the reproducibility of ultrasound (US) findings relating to pelvic floor muscle in women with urinary incontinence (UI). Eighteen women with UI were examined twice by the same examiners over an interval of 1 month. The US findings comprised of (1) distance between bladder neck and symphysis pubis (BN/SP) at rest, during contraction, and while performing the Valsalva maneuver and (2) distance between anorectal angle and symphysis pubis (AR-SP) during the same conditions.