Effect of slit lamp table design on neck position and the prevalence of neck pain in eye care professionals.

Background: Ophthalmologists/Optometrists have a high incidence of neck pain. Little research has been conducted on specific equipment that predisposes these professionals to cervical discomfort.

Objective: Primary purpose: to determine if neck position is altered by slit lamp table design.

Soft tissue mobilization techniques in treating chronic abdominal scar tissue: A quasi-experimental single subject design.

Introduction: Roughly 17 million abdominal surgeries are performed annually in the U.S. Up to 17% of those may be readmitted for adhesion related problems.

Effect of soft tissue mobilization techniques on adhesion-related pain and function in the abdomen: A systematic review.

Objective: To systematically review the effects of soft tissue mobilization (STM) on both surgical and non-surgical abdominal adhesion-related symptoms.

Study Design: Systematic Review.

Background: It is known that abdominal adhesions can cause a variety of symptoms with one of the most common being abdominal pain.

Reliability of modified adheremeter and digital pressure algometer in measuring normal abdominal tissue and C-section scars.

Objective: This study tested inter- and intrarater reliability of the digital pressure algometer and modified adheremeter and concurrent validity in the algometer in both normal abdominal tissue and in chronically painful C-section scars.

Study Design: Correlational Reliability/Validity.

Background: The algometer is used to measure pressure-pain threshold (PPT).

Chronic caesarian section scar pain treated with fascial scar release techniques: A case series.

Objective: To describe outcomes of two subjects with chronically painful Caesarian section (C-section) scars following an intervention of specific myofascial scar release techniques.

Study Design: Case series.

Background: Over 1.