The objective was to observe the clinical efficacy of warm acupuncture combined with Kegel exercise in treating postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction in women....
A total of 70 primiparous women with postpartum pelvic floor muscle (PFM) injury were randomly divided into a combination group (n = 35, receiving warm acupuncture at Zhibian (BL54) acupoint and Kegel...
After treatment, the recovery rates of type I and II PFM strength, pelvic floor ultrasound parameters, pelvic floor dysfunction-related scale scores, and urinary incontinence treatment efficacy in the...
Warm acupuncture combined with Kegel exercise can significantly improve PFM strength and promote the recovery of postpartum pelvic floor function in women....
The benefits of exercise in patients with knee osteoarthritis are well documented, but the optimal exercise dose remains unknown....
To compare high-dose versus low-dose exercise therapy with regard to knee function, pain, and quality of life (QoL) in patients with long-term symptomatic knee osteoarthritis....
A Swedish and Norwegian multicenter randomized controlled superiority trial with multiple follow-ups up to 12 months after the intervention. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02024126)....
Primary health care facilities....
189 patients with diagnosed knee osteoarthritis and a history of pain and decreased knee function were assigned to high-dose therapy (...
Patient-tailored exercise programs according to the principles of medical exercise therapy. Global (aerobic), semiglobal (multisegmental), and local (joint-specific) exercises were performed 3 times a...
The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) was measured biweekly during the 3-month intervention period and at 6 and 12 months after the intervention. The primary end point was the mean d...
Both groups improved over time, but there were no benefits of high-dose therapy in most comparisons. One exception was the KOOS score for function in sports and recreation, where high-dose therapy was...
There was no control group that did not exercise....
The results do not support the superiority of high-dose exercise over low-dose exercise for most outcomes. However, small benefits with high-dose exercise were found for knee function in sports and re...
Swedish Rheumatic Fund....
This study evaluated the effects of simulated laughter therapy on physical symptoms, pulmonary function, depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among pulmonary tuberculosis patients. T...
Axial spondyloarthritis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease characterized by potentially disabling inflammation of the spine and adjacent joints. Regular exercise is a cornerstone of trea...
This study aimed to evaluate the usability and acceptance of the newly designed YogiTherapy app for patients with AS....
Patients completed the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS) and net promoter score (NPS) questionnaires after the app introduction. Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney rank sum test, chi-squa...
A total of 65 patients with AS (33, 51% female; age: mean 43.3, SD 13.6 years) were included in the study from May 2022 to June 2023. Subsequently, the data were analyzed. Usability was rated moderate...
The results revealed moderate acceptance and usability ratings, prompting further app improvement. Significant differences were observed between age and gender. Our results emphasize the need for furt...
There are few established easy-to-perform exercise protocols with evidence-based effects for individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). A unique exercise regimen, interval walking training (IWT), has bee...
Radiotherapy (RT) can lead to cancer-related fatigue (CRF) and decreased health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in breast cancer patients. The purpose of this trial was to examine the feasibility and ...
Women with breast cancer (N = 106) commencing RT were randomized to 12 weeks of home-based resistance and aerobic exercise (EX) or usual care/control (CON). The primary endpoint was CRF, with secondar...
Eighty-nine women completed the study (EX = 43, CON = 46). Over the 12-week intervention, EX completed 1-2 resistance training sessions and accumulated 30-40 min of aerobic exercise weekly. For CRF, E...
Home-based resistance and aerobic exercise during RT is safe, feasible, and effective in accelerating CRF recovery and improving HRQoL. Improvements in CRF and HRQoL for these patients can be achieved...
National guidelines for the treatment and management of symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) recommend supervised exercise therapy (SET) as a first line of therapy. However, it is unknown how t...
Participants enrolled in a 12-wk SET program housed in four rural Midwest cardiac rehabilitation settings and were prescribed an exercise program by an exercise physiologist or nurse based on current ...
The sample (n = 93) was all White, with 55% female representation, age of 73.7 ± 9.0 yr, and mild-moderate PAD (ankle-brachial index = 0.71 ± 0.19). Collectively, SET significantly improved the 6-min ...
This study demonstrates the clinical effectiveness of SET programs following current guidelines and potential utilization of non-TM walking modalities in SET programs....
To analyse the effectiveness of exercise therapy in improving pain and active or passive maximum mouth opening in patients with temporomandibular disorders....
PubMed Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL Complete and Physiotherapy Evidence Database, until April 2022, in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses gui...
We included randomized controlled trials evaluating the effect of exercise therapy on pain and on active and passive maximum mouth opening in patients with temporomandibular disorders. Effect size was...
A total of 16 studies with 812 participants were included. Exercise therapy is effective in reducing pain (SMD: -0.58; 95% CI: -1.01 to -0.12) and increasing the pain pressure threshold (SMD: 0.45; 95...
Therapeutic exercise is an effective therapy to reduce pain and increase pain pressure threshold and active and passive maximum mouth opening in patients with temporomandibular disorders....
Work-related neck pain (WRNP) is a leading cause of disability and absenteeism. Patients with neck pain often have neck muscle tenderness and decreased cervical mobility, which are sometimes combined ...
We will conduct a prospective randomised controlled trial including 150 patients with WRNP. These patients will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: (i) home exercise (TE), (ii) home exercise ...
This protocol describes the methods for a randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of computerised versus manual mobilisation techniques in treating WRNP. The results will provide an a...
The study protocol was retrospectively registered at http://www.chictr.org.cn (registration number: ChiCTR2100053076) on November 10, 2021....
To analyze the application effect of exercise rehabilitation therapy based on data mining in the prevention and treatment of knee osteoarthritis....
Based on clinical data mining technology, that is, using complex network technology and association rules, the medical records of 1612 patients with KOA in the Department of Rheumatology and Immunolog...
The data mining results showed that the curative effect of the exercise rehabilitation therapy group was significantly higher than that of the control treatment group (...
Exercise rehabilitation therapy for KOA patients can effectively improve inflammatory and immune factors in patients, enhance knee joint function and prognosis quality of life, and reduce readmission ...
