[PDF] Top 20 Physical therapy treatments for low back pain in children and adolescents: a meta analysis

... of meta-analyzed studies is very small, with only 16 units of analysis collected from eight ...or meta-regression to find moderating variables that influence the effectiveness of treatments ... See full document

... in adolescents than in young ...acute low back pain, only 11% had disc pathology[22]. Children and adolescents with disc herniation present with low back, buttock ... See full document

... the meta-analysis, the studies had to meet the following criteria: (a) the study must be an observational study (survey research, longitudinal or cross- sectional design) that reports any prevalence rate of ... See full document

... words: children, adolescents, treatment, prevention, education, “postural hygiene”, “physical education”, “back educa- tion”, “posture education”, “back function”, physiother- apy, ... See full document

... speculative. Pain prevalence may indeed be higher, but it is also possible that it may be more acceptable for girls to complain about pain than ...significant. Adolescents in this ethnicity group ... See full document

... musculoskeletal pain (MSP) in children is important public health problem, which is manifested in only occasional limiting movements with pain and usually with little clinical implications ... See full document

... of children and adolescents ...headache pain, and optimize long-term quality of life [36, ...In children and adolescents a useful technique to remember is to pair a new behavior with a ... See full document

... IPD meta-analysis study has been approved by the Dalhousie University Research Ethics Board ...various treatments or interventions to their participants, but we are not doing so), and the wai- ver ... See full document

... as pain of the lumbosacral area of the spine lasting more than 12 ...various treatments options have been proposed, the management is still ...for pain relief are likely to be middle-aged or older, ... See full document

... cological treatments provided by health professionals, such as general medical practitioners or physiotherapists, aimed at relieving pain and/or reducing physical ...(e.g., physical, ... See full document

... AND ANALYSIS: Two review authors selected the studies, assessed the risk of bias using the criteria recommended by the Cochrane Back Review Group, and extracted the data using standardized ...and ... See full document

... Dutch physical therapists working in private practices all over the country, and this network has been collecting health care-related data on a continuous basis since ...2001. Physical therapists were ... See full document

... the physical and mental factors on LBP due to the lack of related infor- ...among physical demands, awkward position (high status) and static standing posture (high status), psychosocial demands (high ... See full document

... Methods/Design: Consecutive patients with LBP referred to physical therapy clinics in one of four geographical locations who satisfy the CPR will be invited to participate in this randomized clinical trial. ... See full document

... Our analysis of the treatment trials also supports this proposition. Only the Castro-Mendez [34] trial used an ab- breviated CPR to guide treatment options and they re- ported the largest effect size in the ... See full document

... neuropathic pain from noci- ceptive system hyperexcitabiity ...neuropathic pain has been proposed as “pain which arises as a direct conse- quence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosen- sory ... See full document

... treatment, physical therapists provide patients with an active management approach that counter-balances management strategies that foster a sense of dependency in the patient ...if physical therapists can ... See full document

... Studies meeting the inclusion criteria were assessed for methodological quality and risk of bias using the PEDro scale [47]. The 11 item PEDro scale was developed by Verhagen et al using the Delphi consensus technique to ... See full document

... to pain at intermediate ...the analysis with high risk of bias defined by means of a PEDro score of less than 6; or their use of a fixed effects meta-analysis model for pooled analysis ... See full document

... or physical therapy as a treatment for patients with balance problems and with low back pain ...without low back pain ...or physical therapy (12 – 18 ... See full document