Manual therapy
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Physiotherapy triage assessment of patients referred for orthopaedic consultation - Long-term follow-up of health-related quality of life, pain-related disability and sick leave.
The literature indicates that physiotherapy triage assessment can be efficient for patients referred for orthopaedic consultation, however long-term follow up of patient reported outcome measures are not available. ⋯ This study reports that the long-term follow up of the patient related outcome measures health-related quality of life, pain-related disability and sick leave after physiotherapy triage assessment did not differ from standard practice, indicating the possible benefits of implementation of this model of care.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Validation of a sham comparator for thoracic spinal manipulation in patients with shoulder pain.
The evidence to guide use of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) for patients with shoulder pain is limited. A validated sham comparator is needed to ascertain the unique effects of SMT. We investigated the plausibility of a thoracic sham-SMT comparator for SMT in patients with shoulder pain. ⋯ The sham-SMT was believable as an active treatment, perceived as having equal beneficial effects both when verbally described and after familiarization with the treatment, and has an inert effect on shoulder AROM. This comparator can be considered for used in clinical trials investigating thoracic SMT. IRB number: HM 13182.