A clinical test to assess isometric cervical strength in chronic whiplash associated disorder (WAD): a reliability study.

Background: Cervical spine muscle weakness is well demonstrated in individuals with chronic neck pain. There is a lack of literature evaluating clinically applicable means of assessing isometric cervical strength in chronic whiplash associated disorder (WAD). This study assessed the reliability of self-resisted isometric cervical strength testing using a handheld dynamometer.

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists Toward Lifestyle Screening and Education: A Descriptive Study.

Introduction: Lifestyle-focused rehabilitation plans need to become part of the standard system of care for the treatment of chronic diseases. To achieve this goal, the KAP of rehabilitation professionals toward lifestyle medicine needs to be understood. This study investigated the niche of orthopedic manual physical therapy and is purposed as a foundational model for continued research.

Vegetarian diets and cardiovascular risk factors in black members of the Adventist Health Study-2.

Objective: To compare cardiovascular risk factors between vegetarians and non-vegetarians in black individuals living in the USA.

Design: A cross-sectional analysis of a sub-set of 592 black women and men enrolled in the Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2) cohort of Seventh-day Adventists.

Setting: Members of the AHS-2 cohort, who lived in all states of the USA and provinces of Canada.

Nutritional status of highland and lowland children in Ecuador.

Unlabelled: We assessed the nutritional status of children in Ecuador using anthropometric measurements and body composition.

Objectives: To determine whether living in the highlands in Quito was a predisposing factor to poor nutrition in children.

Method: We compared the children in highlands at 2772 m above sea level with their costal (605 m above sea level) counterparts at Santo Domingo de Los Colorados.