Publications by authors named "T Paolucci"
Objective: Osteoarthritis (OA), particularly knee OA, is a leading cause of disability and poses significant challenges in healthcare management. Mobile applications (apps) have emerged as potential tools to support therapeutic exercise by providing tailored programs, instructional content, and progress tracking. This systematic review evaluates the efficacy of mobile apps in enhancing therapeutic exercise for knee OA management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIllness representation in patients with multiple sclerosis: A preliminary narrative medicine study.
Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin
September 2024
Background: The development of personalized interventions aimed at coping with multiple sclerosis is enriched by the understanding of patients' representations of the illness.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between patients' illness representations versus contextual factors (i.e.
Background: Chronic Low Back Pain (cLBP) poses a significant health challenge, leading to functional disability and reduced quality of life. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) is emerging as a therapeutic option for cLBP, but the brain mechanisms underlying its analgesic effect remain unclear.
Materials And Methods: Thirty cLBP patients were randomly exposed to either four weekly sessions of OMT (N=16) or Sham treatment (N=14).
Background: Evaluating the psychometric and clinical performances of the RM-18, the shorter version of the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMQ), in Italian people with non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) as a time-saving and clinically useful method of assessing disability.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included 74 people (52 females and 22 males, 53.03 ± 15.