Normative values and the influence of sex, hand dominance, and direction of movement on active wrist joint position sense in young healthy adults.

Background: Active wrist joint position sense (JPS) is a feasible method for determining wrist proprioception. However, the normative values and factors affecting wrist JPS are not known.

Objectives: To identify normative values of active wrist JPS in young healthy adults and explore the influence of sex, hand dominance and direction of wrist movement.

Use of telerehabilitation platforms for delivering patient education among patients with asthma: a scoping review.

Objective: Use of tele-technology for monitoring symptoms, functional parameters, and quality-of-life of people with asthma is essential. Delivering this information among patients is mandated for a better outcome and made possible patient education (PE). This review aims to summarize the types of telerehabilitation modalities, dosage, and outcome measures used to assess the effectiveness of PE among people with asthma.

Exploring different models of pain phenotypes and their association with pain worsening in people with early knee osteoarthritis: The MOST cohort study.

Objective: To determine i) pain phenotypes (PP) in people with early-stage knee osteoarthritis (EKOA); ii) the longitudinal association between the phenotypes and pain worsening at two years.

Design: We studied participants with EKOA from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study defined as pain intensity ≤3/10, Kellgren and Lawrence grade ≤2, intermittent pain none to sometimes, and no constant pain. Two models of PP were explored.

The relationship between cervical spine range of motion and postural sway in mechanical neck pain: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Impairments in postural sway have been identified in people with mechanical neck pain. The influence of cervical spine range of motion (ROM) on postural sway is unclear in mechanical neck pain (MNP).

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between cervical spine range of motion (ROM) and postural sway in MNP.

Mechanisms hypothesized for pain-relieving effects of exercise in fibromyalgia: a scoping review.

Background: Exercise is one of the most recommended management strategies by treatment guidelines for fibromyalgia (FM); however, the mechanism through which exercise improves pain in FM is still unknown.

Objective: We aimed to summarize the hypothesized theoretical mechanisms for the pain-relieving effects of exercise in people with FM.

Eligibility Criteria: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in English reporting mechanisms for pain-relieving effects of exercise in the 'Introduction' and 'Discussion' sections and significant within- group or between-group effects of exercise interventions were included.

Immediate effects of cervicothoracic junction mobilization versus thoracic manipulation on the range of motion and pain in mechanical neck pain with cervicothoracic junction dysfunction: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Background: Cervicothoracic (CT) junction hypomobility has been proposed as a contributing factor for neck pain. However, there are limited studies that compared the effect of CT junction mobilization against an effective intervention in neck pain. Thoracic spine manipulation is a nonspecific intervention for neck pain where remote spinal segments are treated based on the concept of regional interdependence.

Conditioned Pain Modulation in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of Literature.

Objective: The objective of the review is to determine whether conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is impaired in adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP) when compared with pain-free individuals.

Methods: A a systematic search of the literature was undertaken using the databases: MEDLINE, Scopus, CINAHL and Web of Science. The citations of included studies were reviewed for additional studies.

Immediate effects of Mulligan's techniques on pain and functional mobility in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized control trial.

Background And Purpose: Mulligan's mobilization with movement was shown to be effective when implemented in multimodal therapy for knee osteoarthritis. However, no study has evaluated the Mulligan's technique in isolation and compared the relative effectiveness with sham-controlled interventions. Hence, the present study examined the immediate effects of Mulligan's techniques with sham mobilization on the numerical pain rating scale (NPRS) and timed up and go (TUG) test in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.

Thoracic Posture and Mobility in Mechanical Neck Pain Population: A Review of the Literature.

Neck pain is a common condition with several proposed biomechanical contributing factors. Thoracic spine dysfunction is hypothesized as one of the predisposing factors, which necessitates the need to explore the contribution of thoracic posture and mobility toward neck pain. Accordingly, the present work aimed to review the existing literature investigating the presence of thoracic spine dysfunction in individuals with neck pain.

A preliminary biopsychosocial analysis of online information on causes of neck pain.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to analyse the freely available online information on the causes of neck pain based on the biopsychosocial model of pain.

Methods: A preliminary biopsychosocial analysis tool was developed, after an extensive literature review of the pathoanatomical and psychosocial contributors for neck pain. The websites that commonly appeared after the search term "causes of neck pain" in the first two pages of the search engines (Google, Yahoo and Bing) were selected for the biopsychosocial analysis.

Aquatic exercise for persons with haemophilia: A review of literature.

Background: and purpose: Aquatic exercise exerts low contact stresses on the joints and may expedite an efficient recovery in persons with haemophilia. The objective of this review is to provide a qualitative summary of the interventional trials on the effects of aquatic exercise for haemophilia.

Methods: The literature search was carried out in the databases PubMed, CINAHL, CENTRAL, and PEDro to identify the interventional trials published in the English language from their inception to December 2017.

Self-reported Instability in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Scoping Review of Literature.

Background: Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling musculoskeletal condition among the elderly. Self-reported instability is one of the impairments associated with osteoarthritis. A complete understanding of the self-reported instability in knee OA is essential, to identify the best strategies for overcoming this impairment.