Efficacy of massage versus massage with post isometric relaxation in temporomandibular disorders: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) is a common condition affecting the masticatory muscles and joint mobility.

Objectives: The primary objective was to compare the effects of massage therapy alone and massage therapy combined with post-isometric relaxation exercises in patients with TMD for pain and maximal mouth opening.

Design: Assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Individual and organizational barriers faced by physiotherapists in implementing evidence based practice - an analytical study.

Objective: To determine the present barriers in the implementation of evidence-based physiotherapy practice.

Methods: The analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Lahore, Pakistan, from 06 January 2021 to 30th April 2021 and comprised physiotherapists practising either in government facility or in private clinic for a minimum of 2 years and who had either studied or had some idea about evidence-based physiotherapy practice. Data was collected using the Barrier Scale.

Effect of core stabilization exercises in addition to conventional therapy in improving trunk mobility, function, ambulation and quality of life in stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Stroke is a major cause of disability with mainly affecting trunk mobility and function. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of core stabilization exercises versus conventional therapy on trunk mobility, function, ambulation, and quality of life of stroke patients.

Design: Assessor blinded randomized control trial.

Impact of emollient therapy for preterm infants in the neonatal period on child neurodevelopment in Bangladesh: an observational cohort study.

Background: Topical treatment with sunflower seed oil (SSO) or Aquaphor® reduced sepsis and neonatal mortality in hospitalized preterm infants <33 weeks' gestational age in Bangladesh. We sought to determine whether the emollient treatments improved neurodevelopmental outcomes during early childhood.

Methods: 497 infants were randomized to receive SSO, Aquaphor®, or neither through the neonatal period or hospital discharge.

Upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and exposure to Ergonomic risk factors among handicraft workers.

Objective: To determine the association of Upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and Exposure to Ergonomic risk factors among handicraft workers.

Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in a 12 weeks' duration i.e.

Evaluation of a large-scale reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition program in Bihar, India, through an equity lens.

Background: Despite increasing focus on health inequities in low- and middle income countries, significant disparities persist. We analysed impacts of a statewide maternal and child health program among the most compared to the least marginalised women in Bihar, India.

Methods: Utilising survey-weighted logistic regression, we estimated programmatic impact using difference-in-difference estimators from Mathematica data collected at the beginning (2012, n = 10 174) and after two years of program implementation (2014, n = 9611).

Interventions to Prevent Unintentional Injuries Among Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Globally, every day, ∼2,300 children and adolescents succumb to unintentional injuries sustained from motor vehicle collisions, drowning, poisoning, falls, burns, and violence. The rate of deaths due to motor vehicle injuries in adolescents is 10.2 per 100,000 adolescents.

Interventions for Adolescent Mental Health: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.

Many mental health disorders emerge in late childhood and early adolescence and contribute to the burden of these disorders among young people and later in life. We systematically reviewed literature published up to December 2015 to identify systematic reviews on mental health interventions in adolescent population. A total of 38 systematic reviews were included.