A Comparative Effectiveness Review: RESPONSIVENESS OF PATIENT OUTCOME MEASURES IN CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION.

Background: Cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation have been shown to reduce the symptoms of disease, as well as reducing health care utilization. To ensure the continuation of these programs, patient outcome measures (POMs) are essential to map treatment effectiveness. This review is a comparative effectiveness literature review of studies with a pre- to post-POM assessment of responsiveness (ie, change in health status over time).

Embedding chiropractic in Indigenous Health Care Organisations: applying the normalisation process model.

Background: Improving the health of Indigenous Australians remains a major challenge. A chiropractic service was established to evaluate this treatment option for musculoskeletal illness in rural Indigenous communities, based on the philosophy of keeping the community involved in all the phases of development, implementation, and evaluation. The development and integration of this service has experienced many difficulties with referrals, funding and building sustainability.

Well-being outcomes of chiropractic intervention for lower back pain: a systematic review.

The usefulness of chiropractic for treatment of low back pain is a contentious issue. Chiropractors advocate holism and general well-being as a key principle on which they base their clinical practice, yet the quality of life, lifestyle, health and economic impacts of chiropractic intervention for back pain in adults have rarely been investigated. This article provides an overview of chiropractic principles and practices, together with the results of a systematic review of peer-reviewed publications between 2000 and 2010 retrieved from MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, AMED and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

The sustainable training, treatment, employment program model: effects of manual therapy on musculoskeletal pain and limitation in a Filipino squatter community.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to describe the musculoskeletal conditions and associated pain and limitation and the effects of massage treatment in a Filipino squatter community.

Methods: The study was conducted at the Hands On Philippines Education (HOPE) clinic in Bagong Barrio, Caloocan, Philippines. Baseline data were collected before the first treatment, and follow-up data were collected immediately after the second treatment.

The STTEP: a Model for musculoskeletal health care in marginalized communities.

Background And Objectives: This article introduces the STTEP (Sustainable Training, Treatment, Employment Program) Model. The Model has been in operation since 1995. It provides a useful conceptual framework for policy makers, practitioners, and educators.