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The concurrent relationships between KF and KE ROM with measures of pain and function were divergent (moderate to low correlations; r <0.7; p > 0.05).

Both UG and SG have smaller measurement error in assessing KF and KE ROM irrespective of experience level of examiner and therefore no one tool is superior than the other for assessing knee ROM in clinical practice.

Both UG and SG have smaller measurement error in assessing KF and KE ROM irrespective of experience level of examiner and therefore no one tool is superior than the other for assessing knee ROM in clinical practice.

The reliability of the information on the Internet, which people use as an easy and practical solution about diseases, is essential for public health. Our aim in this study is to evaluate the quality and readability of websites related to myofascial pain syndrome.

On April 4, 2020, websites were searched on the Google search engine using the term “myofascial pain syndrome”. The typologies, quality, readability, and content parameters of the sites were analyzed. Websites were divided into eight categories according to typology. To evaluate the quality, we evaluated the websites according to the JAMA scoring system or a HONcode certificate existence. Flesch-Kincaid grade and the Simple Measure of Gobbledygook was used to evaluate readability. Content analysis was performed for etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

56 of the 151 websites evaluated were classified as high-quality websites. It was determined that the quality scores of scientific publications and professional websites were high. Comparing the readability parameters of the websites in terms of quality, there was no significant difference between high-quality websites and low-quality websites (p=0.391 and 0.746 respectively). The content was focused on etiology on scientific websites, while on commercial and professional websites, the content was focused on treatment.

High-quality websites did not offer an advantage in readability parameters. These results show that online information about MPS should be questioned and more extensive studies are required.

High-quality websites did not offer an advantage in readability parameters. These results show that online information about MPS should be questioned and more extensive studies are required.

The thoracolumbar junction syndrome or Maigne’s syndrome is one of the causes of low back pain, for which no comprehensive treatment has yet been proposed. This case report aims to assess the effectiveness of a global physiotherapy approach, such as the Mézières method, to reduce pain and improve posture and mobility in a patient with thoracolumbar junction syndrome (TLJS).

A 42-year-old woman patient presented a chronic nonspecific low back pain associated with severe pain in the right inguinal fold which has disabled her for two years. She described her pain as deep and intermittent. She complained of difficulties performing tasks that involved on long walks and bending forward lumbar flexion.

After ten sessions the pain completely disappeared (numeric rating scale-NRS improved from 6 to 0). A slight improvement in certain morphostatic parameters in the frontal and sagittal planes was reported, analyzed by ADiBAS software. Six months after the final session, the patient was asymptomatic, with improved bodily awareness and muscular extensibility.

The TLJS patient responded well to the Mézières Method, whose global physiotherapy approach resulted in a lessening of nociceptive pain, and also improved posture and functionality.

The TLJS patient responded well to the Mézières Method, whose global physiotherapy approach resulted in a lessening of nociceptive pain, and also improved posture and functionality.

Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability in adults, causing residual sensorimotor deficits in many survivors. Patients may have different impairments according to laterality of injury, as well as different responses to some therapies.

This preliminary study sought to investigate motor learning in rehabilitation of stroke patients with non-immersive virtual environment by process (electroencephalography) and product (performance) measures in stroke patients with left and right cerebral hemispheres damage.

The study included 10 chronic stroke patients; 5 with left brain injury (LI), mean age 48.8 years (±4.76), and 5 with right brain injury (RI), mean age 52 years (±10.93). Patients were evaluated for electroencephalographic activity (alpha and beta frequencies) and performance (absolute error) in a darts game on XBOX Kinect (Microsoft®). Then they underwent a virtual darts game training task, 12 sessions for 4 weeks (acquisition stage). After training, they were revaluated (long-term retention).

RI group increased alpha power and decreased beta in ipsilesional areas, increased activation on left hemisphere and decreased the absolute error of performance; LI group increased right hemisphere activation and did not decrease the absolute error.

Patients with right brain injury reduce neural effort and errors after virtual darts training, which did not happen to patients with left brain injury. KU-60019 molecular weight Therefore, the laterality of lesion should be considered in studies that use virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation.

Patients with right brain injury reduce neural effort and errors after virtual darts training, which did not happen to patients with left brain injury. Therefore, the laterality of lesion should be considered in studies that use virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation.

To compare acute effects of isometric abdominal exercises performed with or without vibration on the electromyographic activity and cutaneous temperature in the abdominal region of physically active individuals.

A randomized controlled crossover clinical trial was undertaken in thirty volunteers who completed one unique session of two different protocols of interventions apart from a week from each other, in a two-week study protocol. The subjects were randomly divided in to two groups of 15 volunteers; both were assigned to perform board exercise (30s on the front, right and left lateral boards, with a rest interval of 2min). The first group performed it on a vibrating platform at a frequency of 30Hz for the first week, while the remaining participants executed the same exercise without stimulates vibration. In the second week the protocol was inverted. The outcome were surface electromyography (EMG) data for the rectus abdominis muscle (RAM) and cutaneous temperature (CT) of the abdominal region. Normality was accepted, and Student’s t-tests were used to compare the measurements for dependents variables (P<0.