Review of core stability exercise versus conventional exercise in the management of chronic low back pain.

Unlabelled: Exercise has been proven to be effective in the management of chronic low back pain. Over the years, core stability exercise (CSE) has gained popularity however there is lack of consensus on the best exercise treatment.

Aims: To review the effectiveness of core stability exercises or conventional exercises in the management of chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Applying the ICF codes, flag model and C-OAR-SE in the development of return-to-work assessment scale for stroke survivors.

Background: The Return-to-Work Assessment Scale (RAS) was developed in 2021 by Ibikunle et al. to assess return-to-work among post-stroke survivors.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe how the conceptual (flag model and ICF) and theoretical framework (C-OAR-SE) were used in developing the RAS.

Validation of content and structure of the Return-to-work assessment for post-stroke survivors.

Background: Validation of an instrument consist of three main types: content, criterion and construct. Content validity needs to be determined in order for an instrument to be acceptable for use, validity establishes the fact that an instrument measures exactly what it proposes to measure. The Return-to-work assessment scale (RAS) was developed to measure three aspects of return to work: (Personal factors and/or issues, work issues and contextual factors) in 2021.

Are the Current Balance Screening Tests in Dance Medicine Specific Enough for Tracking the Effectiveness of Balance-Related Injury Rehabilitation in Dancers? A Scoping Review.

Aims: This review sought to determine the extent to which balance screening tests in dance medicine are representative of dance movements and to determine if such tests can be used to empirically track the effectiveness of balance-related injury rehabilitations in dancers.

Methods: A five-step scoping review method was used. Multiple databases and reference lists of identified studies were searched to obtain original research published between 2000 and 2020 that described the balance screening tests used for data collection.

Structural validity and reliability of the return to work assessment scale among post stroke survivors.

Background: Return to work (RTW) after injury or illness is a behavior influenced by physical, psychological and social factors. This study aims to determine the structural validity and reliability of a return to work assessment scale using internal consistency and factor analysis.

Method: A cross sectional survey research design was adopted for this study involving 101 Post stroke survivors.

Perceived barriers to evidence-based practice in stroke management among physiotherapists in a developing country.

Background Of Study: Like most healthcare disciplines, the physiotherapy profession has embraced the concept of evidence-based practice (EBP) worldwide. However, there is a discrepancy between the amount of research evidence that exists and its use in clinical decision making.

Aims: To investigate the barriers physiotherapists in Nigeria encounter in implementing EBP in stroke management.

Physiotherapist's musculoskeletal imaging profiling questionnaire: Development, validation and pilot testing.

Background: Many countries have started adopting musculoskeletal imaging as part of physiotherapy practice and their educational programmes are expected to bridge the gaps in training.

Objectives: To develop an instrument that can be used to explore the level and nature of training, attitude, competence and utilisation of musculoskeletal imaging among physiotherapists.

Method: An exploratory sequential mixed methods design was used.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the reintegration to normal living index into IGBO language among individuals with mobility disability.

Background: Community reintegration is one of the most important elements of disability rehabilitation globally. Hence, there is need for availability of psychometrically-sound and culturally-specific instruments for its measurement. Most of the available community reintegration measures were developed and validated in developed countries and might therefore not be suitable for use in developing countries.

UEFA model in identification of types, severity and mechanism of injuries among footballers in the Nigerian Women's Premier League.

Objective: To prospectively investigate the injury profile and the incidence rate per 1000 hours exposure during training and actual league matches in the Nigerian Women's Premier League (NWPL) and to develop an adequate information pool, using the UEFA injury study model in order to develop appropriate injury prevention strategies.

Methods: 241 women footballers from the eight football clubs that participated in the 2015/2016 Nigerian Women Premier league (NWPL) season were selected for the study and prospectively followed for a period of 6 months. The UEFA injury report forms and Competitive Aggressiveness and Anger Scale were sent to the various clubs, and the forms administered on them as at when due.

Informal caregiving burden and perceived social support in an acute stroke care facility.

Background: Providing informal caregiving in the acute in-patient and post-hospital discharge phases places enormous burden on the caregivers who often require some form of social support. However, it appears there are few published studies about informal caregiving in the acute in-patient phase of individuals with stroke particularly in poor-resource countries. This study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of caregiving burden and its association with patient and caregiver-related variables and also level of perceived social support in a sample of informal caregivers of stroke survivors at an acute stroke-care facility in Nigeria.

Assessment of stigma among people living with Hansen’s disease in south-east Nigeria.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the stigma situation in Hansen’s disease from the perspective of both people affected by Hansen’s disease and those living in the surrounding community in southeast Nigeria.

Design: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among affected people and non-affected people using the xplanatory model interview catalogue stigma scale for the community adjusted for leprosy and for leprosy patients, internalised stigma of mental illness scale adjusted for leprosy, Participation Scale and the Social distance scale. Data obtained were analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency, distribution tables, mean and standard deviation as well as inferential statistics of Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis H test and Spearman rho correlation rank.

Establishing the reliability and construct validity of the Igbo version of Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness scale in persons with Hansen disease.

Objective: Leprosy or Hansen's disease is an infectious disease affecting skin and peripheral nerves. The World Health Organization (WHO) Recent Report reveals Africa as having 20,599 new cases, America 36, 178, Eastern Asia 166,445, Western pacific 5,400; totally up to 232,875 new cases. Nigeria as at 2012 had 3,805 new cases.

Relationships between transtheoretical model stages of change, decisional balance, self-efficacy, and physical activity level among Nigerian market vendors.

Purpose: This study explored decisional balance, self-efficacy, and physical activity (PA) level in relation to stages of change (SoC) for PA among Nigerian vendors. The study explored associations among decisional balance, self-efficacy, and PA level, and examined differences, by stage, in decisional balance, self-efficacy, and PA level.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.