The Exercise Program in Cancer and Cognition (EPICC) Study was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to determine whether six months of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise improves neurocogniti...
Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor+, early-stage BC, within two years post-primary therapy were randomized to the exercise intervention (six months, ≥150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic ...
Participants (N=153) were...
Six months of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise improves processing speed in postmenopausal women with BC receiving ET who initiate exercise within two years of completing primary therapy (surgery +...
There have been few studies on the effect of Kegel exercises on the treatment of functional constipation in children. Hence, the present study investigated the add-on role of Kegel exercises in childr...
This clinical trial was conducted on children with functional constipation, according to Rome IV, who were referred to the pediatric department of Imam Reza Clinic (Shiraz, Iran) in 2022. The sample c...
Twenty-seven (88.4%) patients in the Kegel exercise group reported a defecation time of less than 5 min, while only 12 (37.5%) patients in the control group reached this time, and this difference was ...
Kegel exercise was an effective adjunctive treatment for pediatric functional constipation....
Although it is thought that peloid and paraffin treatments may have positive effect on pain, functional status, and quality of life in patients with hallux rigidus (HR), there are no comprehensive and...
Low back pain is the leading cause of global disability for which exercise therapy is a widely recommended treatment. Research indicates that contextual factors may also influence treatment outcomes i...
A meta-analysis was conducted. PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane database were searched for eligible articles reporting randomized controlled trials that compared exercise therapy to placebo interventi...
Eight studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the meta-analysis. Five studies were rated as having a moderate risk of bias and two studies had a low risk of bias. Proportion attributab...
A large extent of pain and disability improvement after exercise therapy in low back pain is attributable to contextual effects although this conclusion is based on low certainty evidence....
Exercise-based rehabilitation is a conservative management approach for individuals with low back pain. However, adherence rates for conservative management are often low and the reasons for this are ...
Retrospective observational study....
Data was retrospectively analyzed from 5 rehabilitation clinics utilizing a standardized exercise-based rehabilitation program. Baseline demographics, diagnosis and symptom specific features, visit nu...
Forty-three percent (43%) of participants were adherent to the program, with the majority (31.7%) discontinuing treatment prior to completion due to logistic and accessibility issues. Another 13.2% di...
This study was a retrospective chart review with missing data for some variables. Future studies with a prospective design would increase quality of evidence....
The majority of individuals prescribed an in-clinic exercise-based rehabilitation program are non-adherent. Patient diagnosis was the most important predictor of adherence. For those who were not adhe...
The increasing burden of self-limiting forms of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) in the antiretroviral therapy era calls for adjunctive interventions. The study aimed to determine the eff...
This is a parallel-group, randomized controlled trial with concealed allocation and intention-to-treat analysis. This study was a clinic-based programme. Seventy-three patients with HAND were enrolled...
There were 73 patients (38 in exercise and 35 in control arm). Individuals in the exercise arm recorded a significantly higher reduction in working memory deficit (OR = 5.14; CI = 2.6-10.4; NNT = 6) b...
The neuroprotective effects of aerobic exercise appear selective and vary with cognitive abilities impaired and aerobic capacity, with a greater change occurring with improved aerobic capacity....
Individuals with working memory and attention deficits may benefit more from moderate-intensity aerobic exercise....
Although the importance of the biopsychosocial model that aims the optimum treatment is emphasized in the literature, there is a lack of scales that evaluate individuals with PsA in a multi-dimensiona...
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) affects 14.0% of pregnancies globally, with a 35% post-pregnancy relapse and a 60% risk of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) within 5-10 years. Challenges in long-term manageme...
This study, based on a systematic review and meta-analysis, examined the practical effects of exercise therapy in the prevention, treatment, and prevention of progression from Gestational Diabetes Mel...
In GDM prevention, exercise reduced the post-intervention risk by 37% compared to the control group (Relative Risk (RR)=0.63; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.54 to 0.72; p=0.01). Studies on GDM treatm...
To enhance exercise therapy effectiveness in GDM management, the study recommends adopting an integrated model emphasizing personalized pregnancy plans, postpartum strategies, and long-term support. L...
https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, identifier CRD42023463617....
Post-traumatic wrist osteoarthritis (OA) can eventually lead to pain, muscular weakness, and stiffness of the wrist, which can affect the function of the entire upper limb and reduce the quality of li...
This is a single-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two treatment arms in patients with symptomatic and radiographically confirmed wrist OA. The trial will be conducted at a hand surgery d...
The upcoming results from this trial may add new knowledge about the effectiveness of a self-managed exercise therapy program on pain and function for individuals with wrist OA. If the present self-ma...
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05367817. Retrospectively registered on 27 April 2022. https://clinicaltrials.gov ....
Exercise therapy (ET) is frequently an early treatment of choice when managing shoulder pain, yet evidence on its efficacy to expedite recovery is inconsistent. Moreover, the value of adding adjunct t...
Using a network meta-analysis, randomized control trials comparing ET along with adjunct therapies were identified in MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Sportdiscus, CENTRAL, Conference Proceedings Citation Ind...
Shoulder-specific ET provided pain relief up to 52 weeks. Adjunct therapies to shoulder-specific ET added little value in reducing pain. The quality of evidence varied between moderate and very low....
