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A one-time preoperative physical therapy (PT) education session coupled with a web-based microsite (preopPTed) is associated with improved readiness to discharge from PT

Pre-Op PT Education Speeds Functional Milestones Post TJA

But preoperative intervention has no impact on hospital length of stay among TKA, THA patients
A breathing retraining intervention

Breathing Retraining Beneficial in Patients With Asthma

Improvements in patients randomized to DVD and printed booklet intervention, face-to-face sessions

Review Suggests Benefits of Aerobic Exercise in Fibromyalgia

Improvements in HRQOL, pain, fatigue, physical function; no lasting impact on HRQOL, fatigue
An expert-guided

Guided Approach to Exercise May Help Chronic Fatigue Patients

Guided self-help approach to graded exercise program safe, reduces fatigue
An internet-delivered physical therapist-prescribed home exercise and pain-coping skills training intervention is beneficial for individuals with chronic knee pain

Internet-Delivered Exercise, Pain-Coping Skills Alleviate Knee Pain

Clinically meaningful improvements in pain, function with home exercise and pain-coping skills training
Early use of physical therapy for new low back pain in older adults is not associated with less subsequent back pain-specific health care utilization

Early PT Not Tied to Lower Health Care Use Later On

Findings among older adults presenting with a new episode of low back pain
First-line therapy for patients with low back pain should be simple non-pharmacological remedies -- from heat wraps to physical therapy

ACP Issues Guideline for Treating Acute, Subacute, Chronic LBP

Recommendations state opioids should be last resort for pain
For individuals presenting with a primary complaint of mechanical low back pain

Treatment of Hips Beneficial in Patients With Low Back Pain

Prescriptive tx of bilateral hips, in addition to pragmatic tx of lumbar spine has clinical value
For children with functional constipation

Pelvic Physical Therapy Effective for Functional Constipation

More effective than standard medical care for most outcomes in children with functional constipation
For patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty

AAOS: Formal Physical Tx Doesn’t Up Outcomes in Hip Surgery

No improvement in postoperative outcomes compared with prescribed exercise program