Interlimb Symmetry and Hop Testing After ACL Reconstruction: What the Evidence Shows
How much side-to-side difference turns up in uninjured athletes, what a single-leg vertical hop hides in adolescents after ACL reconstruction, and why a symmetry threshold is a measurement convention rather than a proven clearance standard.
Upper Extremity Reactive Neurocognitive Tests in Collegiate Athletes
A cross-sectional measurement study of two light-based reactive upper extremity tests in healthy Division I athletes, and how they lined up against the closed kinetic chain upper extremity stability test.
Pelvic Health eRehabilitation After Breast and Gynecologic Cancer: A Proof-of-Concept Study Protocol
How a Canadian research team built a fully online, 12-week pelvic health rehabilitation program for people treated for breast and gynecologic cancer — and what this early-phase study set out to measure before a larger trial.
Female Leadership in Hospital Physiotherapy Units: A National Census Survey
A survey of the people who lead physiotherapy units in Spain’s public general hospitals asked how far female leadership is accepted, and which beliefs about women at work have not gone away.
Nighttime Bracing vs Scoliosis-Specific Exercise in Adolescent Scoliosis: A Multicenter Randomized Trial
A plain-language walkthrough of the CONTRAIS trial, which compared adding a nighttime brace or scoliosis-specific exercise to self-mediated physical activity in skeletally immature adolescents with curves of 25 to 40 degrees.
Exercise for Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
A plain-language walkthrough of a 35-trial network meta-analysis that compared aerobic exercise, resistance training, group training and mixed low-to-moderate intensity training for depressive symptoms in young people, and examined session length, weekly frequency, program length and age.
Patellar Tendinopathy in Jumping Athletes: 5-Year Outcomes After Education, Load Management and Exercise
A prospective five-year follow-up of athletes from a randomized exercise trial reports how many felt recovered, how many returned to their desired sport, how much pain persisted, and whether any baseline factor predicted recovery.
Inspiratory Muscle Training in Pulmonary Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial
An eight-week home training program at half of maximal inspiratory pressure, compared against a sham load, in women with clinically stable pulmonary hypertension — what changed in inspiratory strength, walking distance, breathlessness and health status, and how far the findings…
Telerehabilitation for Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: Supervised vs. Unsupervised Exercise in a Randomized Trial
A single-blind randomized trial in Brazil put the same eight-week exercise protocol into two delivery formats — live video sessions with a physiotherapist, or pre-recorded videos done alone at home — and followed adults with persisting post-COVID symptoms out to…
Early In-Bed Cycling for Adults on Mechanical Ventilation: Cost-Effectiveness in a Multicenter Randomized Trial
A plain-language walkthrough of the economic evaluation conducted alongside the CYCLE trial — what the cycling program cost per patient, what it changed in costs and quality of life over 90 days, and how certain the authors were about any…
Early Cardiac Rehabilitation for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in the Cardiac ICU: A Randomized Trial
A single-center randomized clinical trial asked whether a progressive, personalized rehabilitation program started during the cardiac intensive care unit stay changed physical performance at discharge or rehospitalization over the following six months.
Resistance Training and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A plain-language walkthrough of a 2025 pooled analysis of 17 randomized trials in 690 postmenopausal women, reporting which training parameters were linked to bone density change at the lumbar spine, femoral neck, total hip and trochanter — and how confident…
Ethics in the Physiotherapist-Patient Relationship: A Qualitative Interview Study in Spain
A plain-language report on a qualitative study that asked practicing physiotherapists about ethical values in the clinical relationship, the ethics training they received, the attitudes they consider essential, and the ethical situations they meet in public and private settings.
Resistance Training for Older Adults With Cognitive Frailty: A Randomized Controlled Trial
A single-blind randomized trial compared a 12-week hybrid online and in-person resistance training program with standard senior fitness exercises in community-dwelling older adults who had both mild cognitive impairment and frailty or pre-frailty.
Adding Physical Therapy to Podiatry Care for Plantar Heel Pain: Economic Evaluation of a Randomized Trial
A three-year cost and quality-of-life analysis conducted alongside a randomized clinical trial in a US multidisciplinary foot and ankle clinic, reported in plain language for clinicians.
Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy and Tendon Compression in Rehab: A Randomized Clinical Trial
A Ghent University Hospital trial compared two progressive loading programs for sport-active adults with chronic insertional Achilles tendinopathy — one that deliberately limited ankle dorsiflexion, heel-lifted and dropped calf stretching, and one that pushed into end-range dorsiflexion.
Exercise Interventions for Sport-Related Concussion Prevention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A plain-language walkthrough of a 26-study review that asked whether exercise programs change concussion rates, head accelerations, or neck strength — and whether the programs were described well enough to copy.
Wearable Balance Technology for Fall Risk in Older Adults: A Scoping Review and Market Comparison
A 2025 scoping review in JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies mapped 17 smart wearable balance systems — 10 under investigation and 7 sold commercially — and compared them against a newly developed platform. This course reports what those systems offer,…
Exercise for Cancer-Related Insomnia and Sleep Quality: A Systematic Review
A plain-language walkthrough of a systematic review that asked whether aerobic and strength training reduce insomnia in adults being treated for cancer and in those who have finished treatment — what the included trials reported, and how certain the authors…
Virtual Reality Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A plain-language walk through a 2024 review that pooled sixteen studies of virtual reality training in adults with spinal cord injury, and a careful look at how far the evidence actually stretches.