Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation strategies on disability, pain, pain-
related fear, and return-to-work in patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery for …

Damage to the fascia can cause significant performance deficits in high-performance sports
and recreational exercise and may contribute to the development of musculoskeletal …

Objective: To investigate whether adding neural mobilization to a standard postoperative
physical therapy program could improve the outcomes of patients after lumbar laminectomy …

Objective The lumbar fusion is an important surgery for the orthopedic diseases. The
rehabilitation might improve the outcome of patients with lumbar fusion surgery. The …

The total number of spine surgeries is increasing, with a variable percentage of patients
remaining symptomatic and functionally impaired after surgery. Rehabilitation has been …

Abstract Background and Purpose Pain and disability may persist following lumbar spine
surgery and patients may subsequently seek providers trained in manipulative and manual …

Background Neural mobilization (NM) techniques have been shown to improve the neural
tissue's viscoelastic properties that may lead to recover of the function of the nerve after …

Surgery is a common and often necessary treatment option for a wide range of medical
conditions, with an estimated 40 to 50 million surgeries performed in the US alone each …

Purpose: With an increase in the proportion of elderly patients, the global burden of spinal
disease is on the rise. This is gradually expected to increase the number of surgical …

Objective To analyze the consistency of study designs in osteopathic manipulative treatment
(OMT) research, focusing on blinding protocols and the use of sham treatments. Data source …