Medical exercise and physiotherapy modes and frequency as predictors for a recurrence of chronic non-specific low back pain.

Background: A considerable part of patients with non-specific low back pain (LBP) suffer from a recurrence of symptoms after therapy cessation.

Objective: The aim of this cohort study was to evaluate the predictive value of active and passive treatments and treatment modalities on a recurrence of low back pain after cessation of medically prescribed therapy.

Methods: Patients with non-specific LBP from a health- and therapy-center were included.

Injuries and functional performance status in young elite football players: a prospective 2-year monitoring.

Background: Motor function, such as strength asymmetries of the lower extremities and impaired dynamic stability, have a predictive value for the risk of injury. The present study aimed to reveal potential associations between injury and motor performance.

Methods: Two hundred and five male youth elite (association) football (soccer) players (mean: 13.

Acute effects of foam rolling on passive stiffness, stretch sensation and fascial sliding: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Foam Rolling (FR), aims to mimic the effects of manual therapy and tackle dysfunctions of the skeletal muscle and connective tissue. It has been shown to induce improvements in flexibility, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to further elucidate the acute, systemic and tissue-specific responses evoked by FR.

Functional movement analysis in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a reliability and validity study.

Background: Individuals afflicted with nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) exhibit altered fundamental movement patterns. However, there is a lack of validated analysis tools. The present study aimed to elucidate the measurement properties of a functional movement analysis (FMA) in patients with CLBP.

Myofascial chains of the upper limb: A systematic review of anatomical studies.

The presence of structural in-series continuity between skeletal muscles has been confirmed in the trunk and lower extremity. However, it is not yet clear whether the same architecture can be found in the upper limb. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to review the available literature considering the existence of myofascial chains in the shoulder-arm region.

Integrating the Evidence and Clinical Expertise in the Shared Decision and Graduated Return to Sport Process: A Time Series Case Study after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture and Reconstruction.

Introduction: Rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is often characterized by a large discrepancy between the available scientific evidence and its implementation into practice.

Purpose: We aimed to research, selectively rate, and transfer the available evidence to the returntosport (RTS) process after ACL rupture adopting an athlete time series case study design.

Case Report And Methods: The participant is a male athlete aged 33 who was diagnosed with an isolated right-sided total ACL rupture.

Visual and instrumental diagnostics using chromokinegraphics: Reliability and validity for low back pain stratification.

Background: Low back pain patients have been suggested to exhibit dysfunctional spinal movement patterns. However, there is a lack of clinically applicable but valid and reliable assessment tools, helping to discriminate normal and pathologically altered movement.

Objective: We aimed to examine whether kinematic parameters determined with an ultrasound-based motion analysis and thereof derived chromokinegraphical angle-time matrices (CATMAs) are able to discriminate between non-symptomatic and symptomatic movement behaviour in individuals with non-specific chronic (CLBP), specific low back pain (SLBP), and controls.

Acute effects of foam rolling on passive tissue stiffness and fascial sliding: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Self-myofascial release (SMR) aims to mimic the effects of manual therapy and tackle dysfunctions of the skeletal muscle and connective tissue. It has been shown to induce improvements in flexibility, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. In addition to neuronal mechanisms, improved flexibility may be driven by acute morphological adaptations, such as a reduction in passive tissue stiffness or improved movement between fascial layers.

Sport-specific functional movement can simulate aspects of neuromuscular fatigue occurring in team sports.

Fatigue protocols have been used over the years to examine muscular exhaustion. As an alternative to approaches in laboratory settings, functional agility protocols claiming to mimic the multifaceted loads of athletic activity have been proposed. This study aimed to examine the effects of a functional agility short-term fatigue protocol (FAST-FP) on neuromuscular function.

Intermuscular force transmission along myofascial chains: a systematic review.

The present review aims to provide a systematic overview on tensile transmission along myofascial chains based on anatomical dissection studies and in vivo experiments. Evidence for the existence of myofascial chains is growing, and the capability of force transmission via myofascial chains has been hypothesized. However, there is still a lack of evidence concerning the functional significance and capability for force transfer.

What Is Evidence-Based About Myofascial Chains: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To provide evidence for the existence of 6 myofascial meridians proposed by Myers based on anatomic dissection studies.

Data Sources: Relevant articles published between 1900 and December 2014 were searched in MEDLINE (PubMed), ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar.

Study Selection: Peer-reviewed human anatomic dissection studies reporting morphologic continuity between the muscular constituents of the examined meridians were included.