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A one-time preoperative physical therapy (PT) education session coupled with a web-based microsite (preopPTed) is associated with improved readiness to discharge from PT

Pre-Op PT Education Speeds Functional Milestones Post TJA

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But preoperative intervention has no impact on hospital length of stay among TKA, THA patients
A breathing retraining intervention

Breathing Retraining Beneficial in Patients With Asthma

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Improvements in patients randomized to DVD and printed booklet intervention, face-to-face sessions

Review Suggests Benefits of Aerobic Exercise in Fibromyalgia

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Improvements in HRQOL, pain, fatigue, physical function; no lasting impact on HRQOL, fatigue
An expert-guided

Guided Approach to Exercise May Help Chronic Fatigue Patients

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Guided self-help approach to graded exercise program safe, reduces fatigue
An internet-delivered physical therapist-prescribed home exercise and pain-coping skills training intervention is beneficial for individuals with chronic knee pain

Internet-Delivered Exercise, Pain-Coping Skills Alleviate Knee Pain

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Clinically meaningful improvements in pain, function with home exercise and pain-coping skills training
Early use of physical therapy for new low back pain in older adults is not associated with less subsequent back pain-specific health care utilization

Early PT Not Tied to Lower Health Care Use Later On

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Findings among older adults presenting with a new episode of low back pain
First-line therapy for patients with low back pain should be simple non-pharmacological remedies -- from heat wraps to physical therapy

ACP Issues Guideline for Treating Acute, Subacute, Chronic LBP

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Recommendations state opioids should be last resort for pain
For individuals presenting with a primary complaint of mechanical low back pain

Treatment of Hips Beneficial in Patients With Low Back Pain

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Prescriptive tx of bilateral hips, in addition to pragmatic tx of lumbar spine has clinical value
For children with functional constipation

Pelvic Physical Therapy Effective for Functional Constipation

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More effective than standard medical care for most outcomes in children with functional constipation
For patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty

AAOS: Formal Physical Tx Doesn’t Up Outcomes in Hip Surgery

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No improvement in postoperative outcomes compared with prescribed exercise program