Pressure Pain Threshold Protocols With Pressure Algometer in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.

Objective: The pressure pain threshold is commonly employed to assess pain in various conditions. Despite its widespread use, the measurement of pressure pain thresholds is not consistently described across studies. Therefore, this review aimed to systematically examine the evidence regarding the assessment of pressure pain thresholds in patients with low back pain, including the protocols and body sites employed.

Effects of tibiofemoral mobilization in patients of Patellofemoral pain syndrome.

Objective: To determine the effects of tibiofemoral joint mobilisation on pain and range of motion in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome.

Methods: The randomised control trial was conducted at the Lady Reading Hospital and Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan, from July to December 2019, and comprised patellofemoral pain syndrome patients of either gender aged 25-35 years with anterior knee pain for at least one month. The subjects were randomly allocated control group A and experimental group B.

Challenges Faced by Lady Surgeons during Professional Progress in Pakistan.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the professional challenges faced by lady surgeons in Pakistan. This qualitative exploratory phenomenological study was conducted from April 2019 to June 2019. Four lady surgeons participated in in-depth interviews, based on four questions: challenges during training; perceptions of gender-based professional treatment; perceptions of relationships with peers; and perception of gender on the quality of training.

Structured Long Interview and Clinical Examination (SLICE) as Formative Assessment Tool in Clinical Clerkship: Medical Students Perspective.

Objective: To evaluate medical students' views about undertaking structured long interview and clinical examination as a formative assessment.

Methods: The qualitative, exploratory study was conducted from February to July 2019 at the Islamic International Medical College, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and comprised final year medical students having undertaken formative assessment through structured long interview and clinical examination during their clerkship rotation in Paediatrics, General Medicine, General Surgery and Gynaecology and Obstetrics. Four sets of focus group discussions were conducted according to the relevant clerkship module.

McKenzie treatment versus mulligan sustained natural apophyseal glides for chronic mechanical low back pain.

Background And Objective: Chronic mechanical low back pain is common among different age groups and genders. Different manual therapy techniques combined with exercise therapy and electrotherapy modalities play an important role in its management. Our objective was to compare the effects of McKenzie extension exercisesprogram (EEP) versus Mulligan Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides (SNAGs) for chronic mechanical low back pain (CMLBP).