Medium term effects of kinesio taping in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Kinesio taping is a commonly used intervention for patients with chronic low back pain. However, the medium term effects of kinesio taping in these patients are unknown.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of kinesio taping in patients with chronic low back pain after 6 months from randomization.

Lower limb alignment characteristics are not associated with running injuries in runners: Prospective cohort study.

There is conflicting evidence on the association between lower limb alignment characteristics and the incidence of running-related injury (RRI). Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to investigate the association between lower limb alignment characteristics and the incidence proportion of RRI in a convenience sample of recreational runners. A total of 89 recreational runners were included in this prospective cohort study.

Health and Economic Burden of Running-Related Injuries in Dutch Trailrunners: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Trailrunning is becoming very popular. However, the risk and burden of running-related injuries (RRI) in trailrunning is not well established.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence, injury rate, severity, nature, and economic burden of RRIs in Dutch trailrunners.

Meta-Analyses of the Effects of Habitual Running on Indices of Health in Physically Inactive Adults.

Background: In order to implement running to promote physical activity, it is essential to quantify the extent to which running improves health.

Objective: The aim was to summarise the literature on the effects of endurance running on biomedical indices of health in physically inactive adults.

Data Sources: Electronic searches were conducted in October 2014 on PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, PEDro, the Cochrane Library and LILACS, with no limits of date and language of publication.

Descriptors used to define running-related musculoskeletal injury: a systematic review.

Study Design: Systematic review.

Objectives: To systematically review the descriptors used to define running-related musculoskeletal injury and to analyze the implications of different definitions on the results of studies.

Background: Studies have developed their own definitions of running-related musculoskeletal injuries based on different criteria.

Kinesio taping to generate skin convolutions is not better than sham taping for people with chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomised trial.

Question: For people with chronic low back pain, does Kinesio Taping, applied according to the treatment manual to create skin convolutions, reduce pain and disability more than a simple application without convolutions?

Design: Randomised trial with concealed allocation, intention-to-treat analysis and blinded assessment of some outcomes.

Participants: 148 participants with chronic non-specific low back pain.

Intervention: Experimental group participants received eight sessions (over four weeks) of Kinesio Taping applied according to the Kinesio Taping Method treatment manual (ie, 10 to 15% tension applied in flexion to create skin convolutions in neutral).

What are the main risk factors for running-related injuries?

Background: Despite several studies that have been conducted on running injuries, the risk factors for running-related injuries are still not clear in the literature.

Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically review prospective cohort studies that investigated the risk factors for running injuries in general.

Data Sources: We conducted electronic searches without restriction of language on EMBASE (1980 to Dec 2012), PUBMED (1946 to Dec 2012), CINAHL (1988 to Dec 2012) SPORTDiscus (1977 to Dec 2012), Latin American and Caribbean Centre on Health Sciences Information (1985 to Dec 2012) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (1998 to Dec 2012) databases, using subject headings, synonyms, relevant terms and variant spellings for each database.

Previous injuries and some training characteristics predict running-related injuries in recreational runners: a prospective cohort study.

Questions: What is the incidence of running-related injuries (RRIs) in recreational runners? Which personal and training characteristics predict RRIs in recreational runners?

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Participants: A total of 200 recreational runners answered a fortnightly online survey containing questions about their running routine, races, and presence of RRI. These runners were followed-up for a period of 12 weeks.

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and clinimetric testing of instruments used to assess patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome in the Brazilian population.

Study Design: Clinical measurement study.

Objectives: To cross-culturally adapt the Anterior Knee Pain Scale (AKPS), the Functional Index Questionnaire (FIQ), and the Pain Severity Scale (PSS) for patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) into Brazilian Portuguese. This study also aimed to test the measurement properties of the AKPS, the FIQ, and the PSS, and the existing Brazilian Portuguese versions of the numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) and the Global Perceived Effect scale in a group with PFPS.

Do convolutions in Kinesio Taping matter? Comparison of two Kinesio Taping approaches in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: protocol of a randomised trial.

Introduction: Chronic low back pain is a common condition. A new intervention that is popular in sports has been used in patients with low back pain. This technique is based on the use of elastic tapes that are fixed on the skin of patients using different tensions and is named Kinesio Taping Method.

What are the main running-related musculoskeletal injuries? A Systematic Review.

Background: Musculoskeletal injuries occur frequently in runners and despite many studies about running injuries conducted over the past decades it is not clear in the literature what are the main running-related musculoskeletal injuries (RRMIs).

Objective: The aim of this study is to systematically review studies on the incidence and prevalence of the main specific RRMIs.

Methods: An electronic database search was conducted using EMBASE (1947 to October 2011), MEDLINE (1966 to October 2011), SPORTDiscus(1975 to October 2011), the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (LILACS) [1982 to October 2011] and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) [1998 to October 2011] with no limits of date or language of publication.

Reproducibility of the Portuguese version of the PEDro Scale.

The objective of this study was to test the inter-rater reproducibility of the Portuguese version of the PEDro Scale. Seven physiotherapists rated the methodological quality of 50 reports of randomized controlled trials written in Portuguese indexed on the PEDro database. Each report was also rated using the English version of the PEDro Scale.