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Psychological Interventions + Physical Therapy Ease Chronic Low Back Pain

Pain education, behavioral therapy delivered with physical therapy can help with physical function and pain intensity

Aquatic Exercise Cuts Pain, Disability From Low Back Pain

Improvements show long-term effect up to 12 months following a three-month intervention

High-Dose Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Beneficial for Cerebral Palsy

Regardless of constraint type, high-dose CIMT consistently produced pattern of greatest short- and long-term gains

Nintendo Wii Therapy Benefits Children With Cerebral Palsy

Systematic review and meta-analysis show improvement in functional balance and dynamic balance among children with cerebral palsy

Physical Therapy Use Lags Among Older Adults With Cerebral Palsy

Physical therapy services used less compared with peers without cerebral palsy matched by musculoskeletal disorder diagnoses

Digitally Delivered Exercises Benefit Knee Osteoarthritis

Decreased pain and improved function seen at six weeks versus self-management

Knee Osteoarthritis Symptoms Improved With Stepped Care

Veterans experience modest improvements with stepped exercise program versus arthritis education control

Global Need High for Rehabilitation Services

Musculoskeletal disorders contributed most to prevalence; highest need for rehabilitation services seen in Western Pacific region

For patients with acute back pain with sciatica

Early Physical Therapy Beneficial for Acute Back Pain With Sciatica

Oswestry Disability Index score and secondary outcomes favor early PT versus usual care at four weeks
For patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

Outcomes Better at One Year With Physical Therapy for Knee OA

Less pain, functional disability seen at one year with physical therapy versus intraarticular glucocorticoid injection