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Self-Reported Measures Of Training Exposure: Can We Trust Them, And How Do We Select Them?, Myles Murphy, Philip Glasgow, Andrea Britt Mosler

Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles

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Do People With Unilateral Mid-Portion Achilles Tendinopathy Who Participate In Running-Related Physical Activity Exhibit A Meaningful Conditioned Pain Modulation (Cpm) Effect: A Pilot Study, Myles C. Murphy, Ebonie K. Rio, Paola Chivers, James Debenham, Sean I. Docking, Mervyn Travers, William Gibson

Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles

Objectives: Our primary objective was to report the presence of a conditioned pain modulation (CPM) effect in people with localised mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy and whether changes occur over a 12- week period. Our secondary objectives were to quantify the proportion of participants who present for tendinopathy research with previous interventions or co-morbidities, which may impact the CPM-effect and investigate modulating factors.

Design: Prospective, observational cohort pilot study. Method: 215 participants presented for this Achilles tendinopathy research and were screened for inclusion with nine being included. Included participants had the CPM-effect (cold-pressor test) assessed using pressure pain thresholds at the Achilles …

Parent Carer Quality Of Life And Night-Time Attendance In Non-Ambulant Youth With Neuromuscular Disorders, Vivienne Travlos, Shane Patman, Jenny Downs, Dana Hince, Andrew C. Wilson

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Purpose: To describe and explore carer quality of life (QoL) and night-time attendance to their child in parents of non-ambulant youth with Neuromuscular Disorders.

Methods: A cross-sectional population-based, comprehensive survey including the Adult Carer QoL (ACQoL) questionnaire, measures of social context and youths’ physical status. Associations between carerQoL or frequency of parents’ night-time attendance with independent variables were explored using linear and logistic regression models, respectively.

Results: Parents’ perceived lower carer-QoL (mean 76.5/120, SD 18.5) when they attended to their child twice a night or more (n = 17/35) and with shorter time since their child was prescribed noninvasive ventilation …

The Efficacy Of Resistance Training In Addition To Usual Care For Adults With Acute Burn Injury: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Paul M. Gittings, Benedict M. Wand, Dana A. Hince, Tiffany L. Grisbrook, Fiona M. Wood, Dale W. Edgar

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Resistance training immediately after a burn injury has not been investigated previously. This randomised, controlled trial assessed the impact of resistance training on quality of life plus a number of physical, functional and safety outcomes in adults with a burn injury. Patients were randomly assigned to receive, in addition to standard physiotherapy, four weeks of high intensity resistance training (RTG) or sham resistance training (CG) three days per week, commenced within 72h of the burn injury. Outcome data was collected at six weeks, three and six months after burn injury. Quality of life at 6 months was the primary endpoint. …

Do People With Acute Low Back Pain Have An Attentional Bias To Threat-Related Words?, Ian Skinner, Markus Hubscher, Hopin Lee, Adrian C. Traeger, G. Lorimer Moseley, Benedict M. Wand, Sylvia M. Gustin, James H. Mcauley

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Objectives: It has been hypothesised that attentional bias to environmental threats can contribute to persistent pain. It is unclear whether people with acute low back pain (LBP) have an attentional bias to environmental threats. We investigated if attentional bias of threat related words is different in people with acute LBP and pain-free controls.

Methods: People with acute LBP and pain-free people completed a free viewing eye tracking task. Participants were simultaneously presented with two words, a threat related word and a neutral control word. Threat related words were general threat, affective pain and sensory pain. We conducted linear mixed models …

Identifying Participants With Knee Osteoarthritis Likely To Benefit From Physical Therapy Education And Exercise: A Hypothesis-Generating Study, So Tanaka, Tomohiko Nishigami, Benedict Martin Wand, Tasha R. Stanton, Akira Mibu, Masami Tokunaga, Takaaki Yoshimoto, Takahiro Ushida

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Background: The purpose of this investigation was to undertake a hypothesis generating study to identify candidate variables that characterize people with knee osteoarthritis who are most likely to experience a positive response to exercise.

Methods: One hundred and fifty participants with knee osteoarthritis participated in this observational, longitudinal study. All participants received a standard exercise intervention that consisted of 20-min sessions two to three times a week for three months. The classification and regression tree methodology (CART) was used to develop prediction of positive clinical outcome. Positive pain and disability outcomes (dependent variables) were defined as an improvement in pain …

Stable Lateral Meniscal Posterior Root Tears Left In Situ At Time Of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Are Of Minimal Long-Term Clinical Detriment, Sarah J. Shumborski, Lucy J. Salmon, Claire I. Monk, Leo A. Pinczewski

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare long-term patient-reported outcomes in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with untreated stable lateral meniscal posterior root (LMPR) tears to those with an intact meniscus.

Methods: Four hundred ninety-two subjects were followed for a minimum of 15-years posteACL reconstruction and evaluated by an International Knee Documentation Committee questionnaire. The integrity of the meniscus was classified at surgery. Patients were grouped as either untreated injury to LMPR “with stable tear” (WST) group (n ¼ 52) or intact lateral meniscus “no tear” (NT) group (n ¼ 440). WST group included tears where …

What Do People Post On Social Media Relative To Low Back Pain? A Content Analysis Of Australian Data, Edel T. O'Hagan, Adrian C. Traeger, Samantha Bunzli, Hayley B. Leake, Siobhan M. Schabrun, Benedict Wand, Sean O'Neill, Ian A. Harris, James H. Mcauley

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Objective: Low back pain is the leading contributor to the global disability burden. The Global Spine Care Initiative (GSCI) recommend patient-centred care to stem the cost of low back pain. One way to enhance patientcentred care is by better understanding what is relevant for people with low back pain. Exploring social media posts about low back pain could offer this insight and provide valuable information for health care professionals to facilitate active participation in patient-centred care.

Methods: We used an inductive content analysis method. In the form of social media posts, data on Twitter and Instagram were collected from June …

Implicit Motor Imagery Of The Foot And Hand In People With Achilles Tendinopathy: A Left Right Judgement Study, Ebonie K. Rio, Tasha Stanton, Benedict Wand, James Debenham, Jill Cook, Mark J. Catley, Lorimer Moseley, Prudence Butler, Kylie Cheng, Adrian Mallows, Monique V B Wilson, Michael Girdwood

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Objective

To determine if impairment in motor imagery processes is present in Achilles tendinopathy (AT), as demonstrated by a reduced ability to quickly and accurately identify the laterality (left-right judgement) of a pictured limb. Additionally, this study aimed to use a novel data pooling approach to combine data collected at 3 different sites via meta-analytical techniques that allow exploration of heterogeneity.

Design

Multi-site case-control study.

Methods

Three independent studies with similar protocols were conducted by separate research groups. Each study-site evaluated left/right judgement performance for images of feet and hands using Recognise© software and compared performance between people with AT …

Proactive Management Of Acute Oedema Following Hand And Minor Burn Injury, Dale O. Edwick

Theses

Burn injury is a unique trauma. The inflammatory process initiated with burn injury adversely influences all of the Starling equation variables, resulting in increased transvascular fluid filtration, so that oedema as a product of burn injury is more readily formed than in other forms of trauma. Localised wound oedema forms due to minor burn injury, with increasing systemic oedema associated with increased size of burn. It is now recognised that a marked inflammatory and immune response is created with non-severe burn injury, indicating a systemic component with all burns. The effect of oedema formation on the course of the burn …