(Khan & Scott, 2009) Aims: To present the current scientific knowledge underpinning how load may be used therapeutically to stimulate tissue repair and remodelling in tendon, muscle, cartilage and bone. Method: Review, not systematic Results: Use of the term “mechano-transduction”. mechanical stimuli (general movement, exercise) are converted into biochemical responses. 1. Load/stimuli applied to tissue... Continue Reading →

(Powden, Hoch, & Hoch, 2015) Aims: To collect, critically appraise, and synthesize the published evidence describing the inter-clinician reliability, intra-clinician reliability, and responsiveness of the WBLT to measure dorsiflexion ROM Methods: SR, 2 databases, 2 researchers, Inclusion primary aim to examine reliability, no restrictions on population or measurement method. English only. QUAREL for quality. Results:... Continue Reading →

(Hoch & McKeon, 2011) Aims: To examine the bilateral symmetry of the WBLT in healthy adults and elucidate the individual influences of age, height, mass, leg length, foot length, and posterior displacement of the ankle subtalar-joint complex on WBLT performance. Methods: 35 healthy adults. 6 trials on each limb, 3 last analysed. Progress every cm... Continue Reading →

(Finnerup et al., 2016) Aims: Evaluate and update grading system for labelling of nociceptive pain. Methods: Expert meeting consensus after SR. Results: Legend: a) History, including pain descriptors, the presence of nonpainful sensory symptoms, and aggravating and alleviating factors, suggestive of pain being related to a neurological lesion and not other causes such as inflammation... Continue Reading →

(Da Silva et al., 2015) Aim: To analyse if neural mobilisation can change the expression of myelin protein zero (MPZ) and Nerve growth factor (NGF) in the sciatic nerve of adult rats after chronic constrictive nerve injury Reminder: (MPZ is important for myelin formation and may play role in adult axon regeneration and NGF has... Continue Reading →

(Coppieters & Butler, 2008) Aims: The aim of this cadaveric biomechanical study was to measure longitudinal excursion and strain in the median and ulnar nerve at the wrist and proximal to the elbow during different types of nerve gliding exercises. Methods: The study consisted in measures with digital devices, of longitudinal nerves' (ulnar and median)... Continue Reading →

(Comer, Finucane, Mercer, & Greenhalgh, 2019) Aims: This paper explores the challenges and evidence gaps relating to CES in older adults with LSS. Methods: Professional issue : author’s point of view. Results: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS) can evolve into CES with degenerative changes increasing the compression phenomenon. The symptoms can be “grumbling” and fluctuate according... Continue Reading →

(Chester, Robinson, & Roberts, 2014) Aim: This study aims to identify the phrasing preferred by physiotherapists when opening clinical encounters in an adult musculoskeletal outpatient setting. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study (Audio record of 15 clinicians’ interaction with 42 LBP patients in first and follow up appointments) + an electronic survey with ranking top five and... Continue Reading →

(Boudier-Revéret et al., 2017) Aims: To evaluate the effect of neurodynamics mobilization (NDM) on an artificially induced œdema in the median nerve at the level of the carpal tunnel in unembalmed cadavers and to assess whether NDM tensioning techniques (TT) and NDM sliding techniques (SLT) induce similar effects on intraneural fluid dispersion. Methods: Seven cadavers.... Continue Reading →