Eur Spine J. 2014 Mar;23(3):590-8. doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-3060-6. Epub 2013 Oct 17. Halvorsen M Abstract PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to compare myoelectric manifestation in neck muscle endurance and fatigue characteristics during sub-maximal isometric endurance test in patients with cervical radiculopathy and asymptomatic subjects. An additional aim was to explore associations between primary neck […]
Castien R,et al. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2013 Oct;43(10):693-9. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2013.4868. Epub 2013 Sep 9. Abstract STUDY DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal study. OBJECTIVE: To explore the working mechanism of manual therapy, we investigated whether 3 cervical spine variables were mediators of the effect of manual therapy on headache frequency. Background Manual therapy has been shown […]
Williams PT. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract PURPOSE: Test prospectively whether exercise is associated with lower brain cancer mortality in 111,266 runners and 42,136 walkers from the National Runners’ and Walkers’ Health Studies. METHODS: Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) from Cox proportional hazards analyses of […]
Exercise may be at least as effective as many drug interventions with respect to mortality outcomes for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease….
Systematic Review Incorporating Trial Sequential Analysis and Network Meta-Analysis BMJ 2013 Sep 20;[EPub Ahead of Print], OA Uthman, DA van der Windt, JL Jordan, KS Dziedzic, EL Healey, GM Peat, NE Foster TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Is exercise effective in relieving pain and improving function in patients with lower-limb osteoarthritis? A total of 60 trials with > […]
Published: Oct 1, 2013 | Updated: Oct 1, 2013 By Todd Neale Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Hypertension/41978 Action Points This meta-analysis suggests that there was an inverse dose-response association between levels of recreational physical activity and risk of hypertension. There was no significant association between occupational physical activity and hypertension. Individuals with higher levels of recreational physical activity carried […]
Janis C. Kelly Sep 26, 2013 Knee pain decreased and function increased significantly in overweight or obese adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who lost at least 10% of their baseline body weight, and those who combined diet and exercise had better outcomes than those who used diet or exercise alone in a large randomized trial. The final […]
Authors: René Castien, PT, MSPT J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2013;43(10):693–699. Epub 9 September 2013. doi:10.2519/jospt.2013.4868 Study Design Prospective longitudinal study. Objective To explore the working mechanism of manual therapy, we investigated whether 3 cervical spine variables were mediators of the effect of manual therapy on headache frequency. Background Manual therapy has been shown to reduce […]
Tai Chi Helps Balance in Parkinson’s Published: Mar 21, 2013 By Cole Petrochko , Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AAN/38003 SAN DIEGO — Parkinson’s disease patients who practiced tai chi had larger limits of stability and better sensory organization scores than those in a control group, researchers reported here. Tai chi training was significantly […]
8/7/13 by Cole Petrochko Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Walking or cycling to work was associated with a lower likelihood of being overweight. Walking or cycling was associated with a lower likelihood of having diabetes, and walking was associated with a lower likelihood of having hypertension than private transport. Active modes of traveling to […]
06.27.2013 ADA: Aerobic Exercise Burns Fat All on Its Own SAVESAVED “> by Charlene Laino Senior Writer, Gupta Guide CHICAGO — In obese teenage girls, both aerobic exercise and resistance training were effective at reducing total fat — even if the girls didn’t cut calories or lose weight, researchers found. Aerobic exercise was also associated with reductions […]
John M. Mandrola, MD DisclosuresJune 24, 2013 The idea that long-term endurance exercise increases the risk for arrhythmia should no longer be considered counterintuitive. The list of published studies confirming this association is long, and this week, it got a little longer. In a study published in the European Heart Journal,[1] researchers from Sweden report a cohort study of […]
Romano, Michele PT Spine: 15 June 2013 – Volume 38 – Issue 14 – p E883–E893 Abstract Study Design. Systematic review of interventions. Objective. To evaluate the efficacy of scoliosis-specific exercise (SSE) in adolescent patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Summary of Background Data. AIS is a 3-dimensional deformity of the spine. Although AIS can […]
Published: Jun 2, 2013 | Updated: Jun 3, 2013 By Salynn Boyles , Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Action Points A single, short bout of high-intensity exercise three times a week led to significant health benefits in slightly overweight men. Note that participants also saw changes in oxygen cost during running at a submaximal workload, blood […]
Telegraph.co.uk By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent 5:38PM BST 30 May 2013 Four-minute bursts of high-intensity exercise such as running on a treadmill, three times a week are enough to increase fitness, researchers found. Overweight volunteers who undertook the regime for 10 weeks increased their body’s oxygen uptake – a measure of fitness – by 10 per […]