OBJECTIVE: This study aims to reveal the short-term effects of exercise therapy and manual therapy plus exercise therapy on pain, quality of life, and physical examination results in the treatment of ...

Abstract: Joints mobilization is an essential but subjective treatment in the physical therapy of the patients with joint hypomobility such as frozen shoulder. Recently many instrumented force and ...

This article reviews the relationship between the spinal dorsal ramus system and low back pain, including the anatomy, clinical findings, pathogenesis and treatment of low back pain mediated by spinal ...

In working environments where heavy loads need to be carried or frequent bending is required, workers may often suffer from lumbar strains and lumbar disc herniation. To reduce the burden and prevent ...

Correspondence to Dr Michael R Liebling, Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease, Oregon Health and Science University, Pleasant Hill, OR 97455, USA; mrliebling{at}gmail.com I read with ...