Effectiveness of kinesio taping for chronic stroke patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Purpose: Kinesio taping (KT) is an approach that has been used in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic stroke. The aim of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of KT alone or combined with other interventions for patients with chronic stroke.

Materials And Methods: The search was performed on CENTRAL, EMBASE, PEDro, and five other databases and two trial registries up to July 2022.

Why do patients with low back pain seek care at emergency department? A cross-sectional study.

Background: It is unclear why patients with low back pain seek care in emergency departments.

Objectives: We aim to describe the demographic, physical, and psychological characteristics, and reasons for seeking care at emergency departments due to an episode of low back pain.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in an emergency department of a public hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, from September 2018 to May 2019.

Management of acute low back pain in emergency departments in São Paulo, Brazil: a descriptive, cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from a prospective cohort study.

Objective: To describe management strategies used in public emergency departments in a middle-income country for patients with acute non-specific low back pain.

Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from a prospective cohort study.

Setting And Participants: A study with 600 patients with low back pain presenting in four public emergency departments from São Paulo, Brazil was conducted.

The Long-Term Prognosis in People With Recent Onset Low Back Pain From Emergency Departments: An Inception Cohort Study.

Most studies investigating the course of recent-onset low back pain (LBP) included patients from primary care. We aimed to describe the prognosis in people with recent-onset LBP presenting to emergency departments (EDs) and to identify prognostic factors for nonrecovery. This inception cohort study with a 1-year follow-up recruited 600 consecutive acute LBP patients presenting to 4 EDs.

Profile of Patients With Acute Low Back Pain Who Sought Emergency Departments: A Cross-sectional Study.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the profile of patients with acute low back pain (LBP) who sought emergency departments (EDs) in Brazilian public hospitals. We also described the profile of these patients according to the STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST).