Exercise improves cardiorespiratory fitness and quality of life in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Exercise improves heart health and fitness for HCM patients
This meta-analysis of 9,702 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) found that exercise is associated with increased peak oxygen con…
New research shows that structured exercise can improve heart fitness, body weight, and quality of life for people with hypertrophic cardiom…
Home exercise and activity-based rehab modestly improve daily function in older adults
Home Rehabilitation Programs May Improve Daily Living for Seniors
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 4,948 community-dwelling older adults found that activity-based and exercise-based home rehabili…
Specific home rehabilitation programs, such as exercise and activity-based plans, show promise in improving daily tasks for older adults.
Delayed Auditory Feedback alone does not consistently improve fluency in individuals with developmental stuttering
Delayed Auditory Feedback Shows Inconsistent Results for Stuttering Fluency
This meta-analysis of 8 studies involving 98 participants evaluated the effect of Delayed Auditory Feedback (DAF) on stuttering. The analysi…
A review of multiple studies suggests that using delayed auditory feedback alone may not consistently improve fluency for people who stutter…
Blood flow restriction training plus resistance training boosts leg strength and muscle size in athletes
Blood Flow Restriction Training Improves Muscle Strength for Athletes
This meta-analysis of 181 athletes found that blood flow restriction training combined with resistance training significantly improved lower…
Combining blood flow restriction with resistance training may increase lower-limb muscle strength and size more than traditional training al…
Combined physical therapy and intra-articular corticosteroid injections improve range of motion in adhesive capsulitis
Combining physical therapy and steroid injections improves frozen shoulder mobility
This meta-analysis of 198 patients with adhesive capsulitis found that combining physical therapy with intra-articular corticosteroid inject…
Adding corticosteroid injections to physical therapy helps patients with frozen shoulder regain more movement and function in the short term…
Exercise therapy significantly improves pain and physical function in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis
Exercise therapy provides consistent relief for elderly patients with knee pain
This meta-analysis of 13 randomized controlled trials evaluated non-pharmacological interventions for elderly patients with knee osteoarthri…
New data shows that exercise is the most reliable way to reduce pain and improve movement for seniors with knee osteoarthritis.
Respiratory biofeedback and neurofeedback offer potential frameworks for managing multi-component dyspnea in COPD patients
New ways to manage breathing struggles in COPD patients
This perspective piece proposes a conceptual model for understanding dyspnea as a complex sensation involving air hunger, breathing effort, …
New research explores how biofeedback and neurofeedback could help people with COPD manage the uncomfortable sensation of shortness of breat…
Vocational rehabilitation programs rarely include structured or concept-driven involvement of significant others in current research
Vocational rehab rarely includes family, review finds
This scoping review of 8 studies examines vocational rehabilitation interventions for rehabilitants and their significant others (SOs). The …
Vocational rehab programs rarely involve family or partners, even though they play a key role in recovery. A new review of 8 studies shows a…
Continuous shortwave diathermy with physiotherapy for chronic low back pain: trial protocol details
Trial Plans to Test Shortwave Diathermy for Chronic Back Pain
This randomized sham-controlled trial protocol describes an intervention of continuous shortwave diathermy combined with standardized physio…
A new clinical trial in Bangladesh aims to see if combining shortwave diathermy with physiotherapy improves chronic low back pain and mobili…
Warm Saline Irrigation Reduces Early Postoperative Bleeding Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Trial shows warm saline irrigation reduces surgical bleeding risk
Applying warm saline to the staple line during sleeve gastrectomy significantly reduces early bleeding and drain volume compared to room-tem…
Warm saline irrigation may significantly reduce early postoperative bleeding and drain output for patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve ga…
Exercise improves sleep questionnaire scores for sedentary adults with insomnia across multiple modalities
Different types of exercise improve sleep for people with insomnia
This network meta-analysis of 31 RCTs involving 1,420 participants indicates that various exercise modalities significantly improve sleep qu…
New data shows that various forms of exercise, from aerobic to mind-body routines, can significantly improve sleep quality for those with in…
Systemic barriers like ableist culture and gendered care burdens hinder leadership advancement for women with disabilities
Systemic barriers and inclusive practices shape leadership for women with disabilities
This systematic literature review of 20 studies identifies systemic barriers and enabling conditions for women with disabilities seeking lea…
Women with disabilities face unique systemic hurdles like ableist culture and credibility discounting when trying to reach leadership roles.
All Physical Medicine & Rehab Articles
- Home exercise and activity-based rehab modestly improve daily function in older adults
- Exercise improves cardiorespiratory fitness and quality of life in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Delayed Auditory Feedback alone does not consistently improve fluency in individuals with developmental stuttering
- Blood flow restriction training plus resistance training boosts leg strength and muscle size in athletes
- Combined physical therapy and intra-articular corticosteroid injections improve range of motion in adhesive capsulitis
- Respiratory biofeedback and neurofeedback offer potential frameworks for managing multi-component dyspnea in COPD patients
- Exercise therapy significantly improves pain and physical function in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis
- Vocational rehabilitation programs rarely include structured or concept-driven involvement of significant others in current research
- Warm Saline Irrigation Reduces Early Postoperative Bleeding Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Continuous shortwave diathermy with physiotherapy for chronic low back pain: trial protocol details
- Exercise improves sleep questionnaire scores for sedentary adults with insomnia across multiple modalities
- Systemic barriers like ableist culture and gendered care burdens hinder leadership advancement for women with disabilities
- Evaluating the Impact of Digital Health Interventions on Chronic Disease Self-Care Outcomes
- Epidural neuroplasty shows potential advantages over pulsed radiofrequency for lumbar radicular pain
- Yoga with education yields clinically relevant improvements for depressive symptoms and pain in chronic low back pain
- High-intensity interval aerobic exercise improves brachial FMD in coronary artery disease and heart failure
- Lumbosacral orthoses may improve pain and disability in some patients with chronic non-specific low back pain
- Integrated vocational rehabilitation models outperform traditional approaches for patients with spinal cord injury
- Extended occupational therapy showed no significant improvement in behavioral symptoms for dementia patients
- Home-based upper limb exercise shows no benefit over lower limb exercise for shoulder function in older adults
- Combined exercise and diet modestly improves cognition in mild cognitive impairment
- Cryotherapy ranks highest for early pain relief after total knee arthroplasty in network meta-analysis
- Flywheel resistance training improves change of direction in team sport athletes
- Outpatient rehab improves function in children with brain tumours, but long-term effects unclear
- Dog-assisted therapy significantly improves behavioral symptoms in dementia patients compared to routine care in a systematic review
- Mental fatigue reduces resistance exercise volume by moderate effect in healthy adults
- Exercise therapy shows no clear advantage over passive treatments for short-term rotator cuff pain relief
- Nurse-administered acupressure reduces PSQI scores by MD -7.61 in menopausal insomnia
- Physical exercise reduces pain in lumbar disc herniation: meta-analysis of 13 RCTs
- Systematic review finds VR and physiotherapy equally effective for Parkinson's balance
- Lifestyle Interventions Improve Erectile Function in Men With ED: Meta-Analysis
- Network meta-analysis shows exercise modalities reduce blood pressure in adults with prehypertension or hypertension
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of creatine in postmenopausal women finds lean mass and strength benefits
- Systematic review and meta-analysis shows computerized cognitive training improves mild cognitive impairment
- Meta-analysis of 16 trials shows no added benefit of subgingival chemical irrigation for periodontitis
- Systematic review finds no significant impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on behavioral outcomes or quality of life for young-onset dementia patients and caregivers
- Exercise interventions significantly increase plasma s-Klotho levels in healthy and diseased populations
- Total hip arthroplasty with rehabilitation improves WOMAC and HHS scores versus conservative exercise in hip osteoarthritis
- Systematic review finds shockwave therapy offers no consistent benefit for Achilles tendinopathy compared to controls
- Adding self-care complementary therapies to practitioner care showed no difference in pain function for Veterans
- Cluster resistance training yields better affective responses than traditional protocols in young adults
- Cluster set resistance exercise preserves barbell velocity better than traditional sets in strength-trained individuals
- Blood flow restriction vs traditional resistance exercise: effects on heart rate variability
- Home-Based Core Stability Telerehabilitation Shows Feasibility for Hereditary Ataxia
- Unsupervised remote brain endurance training plus exercise improved muscular endurance performance more than standard exercise in 22 recreational athletes
- Blood flow restriction during heat acclimation reduces force loss in trained adults
- Umbrella review shows strong evidence for Tai Chi and aerobic exercise benefits in cardiometabolic risk factors
- Meta-analysis finds home-based exercise improves VO2 peak in CVD and healthy adults
- Systematic review and meta-analysis links prior flap reconstruction and injury level to pressure injury recurrence in SCI patients
- Longitudinal study of 148 stroke patients examines cognitive and motor recovery correlations at one and three months
- Routinely available clinical variables predict swallowing status after stroke
- Non-immersive virtual reality for upper limb motor function after chronic stroke
- Pilot RCT of mHealth intervention in adult elective cardiac surgery patients showed feasibility and acceptable uptake
- Transition period between hamstring contractions does not differ after injury
- Review of global assistive product prices across 12 countries shows lower income linked to higher financial burden
- Narrative review explores transcranial magnetic stimulation feasibility for chronic respiratory diseases
- Longitudinal study tracks activity load in a single player progressing from grassroots to professional football in Norway
- Shengdi Dahuang Decoction Improves Functional Outcomes in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Network meta-analysis of exercise, TMS, and behavioral therapies for methamphetamine use disorder craving
- Meta-analysis links digital exclusion to functional decline and dementia in older adults
- Early transanal irrigation improves constipation and independence in spinal cord injury patients
- Structured triglycerides with EPA and DHA increased serum EPA ratios compared with physical mixtures in healthy men
- Individual participant data meta-analysis shows exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospitalization, not mortality in coronary heart disease
- Deep Learning Models Demonstrate Superior Diagnostic Performance Compared to Machine Learning for Carotid Plaque Stroke Risk
- Technology-based Cardiac rehabilitation Therapy improves functional capacity and quality of life in women with cardiac disease
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of rehabilitation interventions for lumbar degenerative disc disease surgery patients
- Meta-analysis of 26 trials shows IVR exercise interventions do not statistically differ from comparators for mobility, strength, or quality of life
- Structured rehabilitation reduced pain in hip or knee osteoarthritis patients in a Danish nationwide program
- Cross-Sectional Survey of Physical Activity and Associated Factors in Zambian Upper Primary School Children
- Observational analysis of musculoskeletal adverse events during walking training for chronic stroke
- Observational study of treadmill walking speeds in post-stroke hemiparesis reveals gait organization patterns
- Most ABI patients discharged to community after SNF therapy following IRF stay
- Optimized epidural stimulation restored volitional hand function in two individuals with severe chronic cervical spinal cord injury
- Systematic review evaluates SDR, ITB, DBS, and other interventions for functional outcomes in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy
- Physical activity components show unique sex-specific trajectories independent of traditional measures in older adults
- Shoulder Strength Gains Show Limited Association With Function and Pain in HSD
- Systematic review of percutaneous ablation for residual and phantom limb pain after amputation
- Non-immersive VR-supplemented rehabilitation improves cognition in older orthopedic inpatients versus standard therapy
- Chronotype-aligned exercise reduces systolic BP more than misaligned exercise in sedentary adults with cardiovascular risk
- Isometric handgrip training reduces blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive populations
- Patient characteristics associated with cardiorespiratory exercise participation in Ontario stroke rehabilitation
- Telemedicine exercise program shows comparable pain and function outcomes to in-person care for rotator cuff syndrome
- Rhythmic auditory cueing and tDCS improve gait parameters in Parkinson's disease
- 12-week home exercise intervention shows LDH reduction and high feasibility in myeloproliferative neoplasms patients
- Velocity-based resistance training with 10% vs 20% velocity loss thresholds in female basketball players
- Systematic review finds nanomaterial-enabled physical rehabilitation shows potential in preclinical models for musculoskeletal repair and neuromuscular activation
- Chiropractic thoracic spinal manipulation showed moderate effects on cytokines in a pilot RRMS trial
- Telemedicine-based exercise cardiac rehabilitation shows comparable effects to center-based programs for coronary heart disease patients
- Exercise training improves strength in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1 based on meta-analysis of 14 studies
- Protocol Describes Gusu Constraint Standing Training for Hemiparetic Gait Post-Stroke
- High-frequency rTMS plus exercise reduced craving and negative emotions in methamphetamine use disorder
- Pilot RCT finds Cognitive Multisensory Rehabilitation may improve sensorimotor function in spinal cord injury
- Gliclazide MR before exercise improves performance and recovery markers in strength-trained men
- Pilot RCT finds orofacial myofunctional program improves respiratory measures in adults with malocclusion
- Vitamin K2 supplementation shows mixed neuromuscular effects in healthy older adults
- Cluster set resistance training reduced acute fatigue compared to traditional sets in resistance-trained adults
- Insurance delays in Indonesia impair functional recovery after total knee arthroplasty
- A pilot prospective cohort study in 30 adults with peripheral vestibular disorders examined a five-session vestibular rehabilitation protocol
- Multidomain assessment protocol feasible in secondary care for low back pain
- HGNS therapy improves subjective outcomes but shows limited cognitive benefit in OSA patients
- Survey finds 94% of cancer patients willing to try acupuncture for symptom relief
- Tendon-actuated prosthetic hand with adaptive force distribution improved task performance and reduced effort in healthy participants
- Resistance and interval training plus berry extract did not alter muscle AGEs in older adults
- WNV-neutralizing plasma did not reduce death or functional decline in hospitalized older patients
- First-in-human case study of BCI-spinal stimulation shows hand function gains in chronic tetraplegia
- Survey of 232 physiotherapy patients in Gujarat finds high satisfaction and symptom discussion
- Short-foot exercise program improves static postural control and subjective ankle instability in chronic ankle instability
- Resistance training improves quality of life in older adults with osteoporosis, meta-analysis finds
- Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy and Stress Reduction Show Benefits for Oncology Nurses in RCT
- High and low intensity resistance training both acutely lower blood pressure in treated hypertension
- Soleus coordination deficits observed during standing in subacute stroke patients versus controls
- Nociceptor hypostimulation shows superior long-term benefit for chronic cervical pain in small RCT
- Standardized feeding pathway improves documentation and alert adherence in postoperative CHD infants
- Rehabilitation interventions improve functional outcomes in bronchiectasis patients, though implementation remains inconsistent across clinical settings
- Feasibility study shows high acceptability for STRIDE rehabilitation in lumbar spinal stenosis surgery
- Symptom burden explains most variance in pain intensity for unexplained myofascial neck/shoulder pain
- HIIT improves exercise capacity in cardiovascular rehabilitation for CAD, HF, and atrial fibrillation
- Modular Footwear Setup Validated for Biomechanical Testing in 10 Healthy Adults
- Proprioceptive training added to physiotherapy reduced cervicogenic headache frequency and duration in small RCT
- Explainable AI system predicts cardiovascular risk with high accuracy but struggles with patient retention
- Digital self-management technologies show small-to-moderate benefit for medication adherence in chronic disease
- Pilot study explores cervical spinal cord stimulation for post-stroke motor recovery via polysynaptic pathways
- Preliminary study finds altered cortical activity during balance recovery in symptomatic mTBI
- Observational registry finds 29% hospital-associated disability in older Japanese rehabilitation patients
- Cross-sectional study develops inventory to measure psychosocial concerns about non-preferred hand use
- Lower FMS scores associated with higher sports injury risk in physical education students
- Protocol for trial of ICF-based case management versus usual care in community disability rehabilitation
- Prediction models for mortality in ICU patients with delirium show fair discrimination
- Scoping review finds variable procedures and gaps in patient-centered goal-setting for stroke rehabilitation
- Combined aquatic and Pilates exercise improves outcomes in women with lumbar disc herniation
- Resistance exercise after high-carb meal improves postprandial glucose and endothelial function in healthy adults
- 8-week home biofeedback system equivalent to 16-week for fecal incontinence in women
- Virtual reality training added to pelvic floor rehab improves muscle relaxation in postpartum myofascial pain
- Network meta-analysis ranks exercise modalities for fibromyalgia impact in women
- Stabilization exercise shows moderate effect on dynamic balance versus conventional PT in chronic lumbopelvic pain
- Meta-analysis finds combined balance and plyometric training improves change-of-direction and dynamic balance
- Meta-analysis finds nonsignificant effects for Kegel exercises on key UI outcomes in women