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Fifty adults with fibromyalgia and long-standing widespread back pain were randomized to a motor imagery-based exercise protocol, pain neuroscience education, both together, or no treatment, and followed for 12 weeks. This course reports what changed, what did not, and how…
A plain-language walkthrough of a focus group study in which physiotherapists with expertise in cancer rehabilitation described the ethical dilemmas they meet in oncology practice — disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis, hope versus realistic goals, benefit versus safety, and deciding…
Eighteen randomized trials in more than 900 people with multiple sclerosis, pooled to ask what balance training changes, what it does not change, and which training types the data support.
A small randomized pilot trial at a special school in Chengdu, China tested whether twelve weeks of structured gymnastics changed inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility in children with autism spectrum disorder. This course reports what the investigators did,…
A plain-language walk through eight randomized trials of dual-task training in children with cerebral palsy — what was pooled, what improved, how certain the authors were, and where the evidence stops.
A plain-language walk through a 2025 systematic review of digital resilience programs for healthcare staff and students u2014 what the programs contained, what outcomes were tracked, and how much confidence the evidence supports.
Two systematic reviews with meta-analysis, read side by side: what home-based exercise after discharge changed, what perioperative interventions changed on the ward, and where the evidence is still thin.
For adults having cardiac surgery, does structured rehabilitation before and around the operation improve recovery, and which outcomes does it change? Two papers are reported side by side: a randomized controlled trial of a four-part perioperative bundle in elective valve…
Two papers, one question: which exercise components showed up in the aged care trials that reduced falls, and what happened when a physiotherapist-led exercise program was delivered by video call with on-site support worker help.
Two 2025 randomized trials asked what happens when children with developmental coordination disorder receive structured motor and task-oriented intervention u2014 one adding video-delivered home sessions to clinic therapy, the other pairing trampoline training with a home-based cognitive strategy program. This…
Two 2025 papers, side by side: a feasibility pilot of a biobehavioral pain education program added to exercise in chronic musculoskeletal pain, and a Bayesian network meta-analysis comparing active, passive and combined physical therapy for chronic low back pain.
For adults with persistent postural-perceptual dizziness or chronic dizziness, what does vestibular rehabilitation change, and how does it compare with other conservative treatments? A review that pooled 22 randomized trials and a randomized trial of vestibular rehabilitation therapy, reported side…
For women with breast cancer-related lymphedema, what does complete decongestive therapy achieve, and what does a weight-control and exercise program add? Two papers — an appraisal of thirteen systematic reviews and a four-arm feasibility trial — are reported side by…
Two 2025 papers, read side by side: what the evidence says about exercise-based rehabilitation for an unstable ankle, and what actually drives the decision to clear an athlete for sport.
Two papers, read side by side: a systematic review with meta-analysis of non-surgical, non-pharmacological treatments, and a qualitative study of how parents experienced the home exercise program they were asked to carry out.
Two papers, reported plainly: what post-licensure education was found to produce advanced practice competence, and how patient self-referral to physiotherapy reorganizes first-contact and gatekeeping roles in primary care musculoskeletal pathways.
A JOSPT Open systematic review gathered every randomized trial aimed at preventing knee osteoarthritis and found only three, with one lifestyle program standing out for women carrying extra weight.
Six randomized trials, 263 patients with severe or very severe airflow limitation, and what exercise training changed in walking distance, breathlessness and quality of life — reported plainly, with the authors’ own cautions about how certain the evidence is.
A plain-language appraisal of seven randomized trials that added breathing exercises to usual postoperative care after anatomic lung resection, what happened to atelectasis rates and lung function, and how much confidence the reviewers placed in each finding.
A single-center randomized trial compared starting out-of-bed activity within the first week after injury against a graded in-bed upright positioning program, and tracked mobility, functional independence, muscle mass, ICU days, and ventilator days.