Importance Persistent pain is highly prevalent, costly, and frequently disabling in later life.
Objective To describe barriers to the management of persistent pain among older adults …

Although most pain is acute and resolves within a few days or weeks, millions of Americans
have persistent or recurring pain that may become chronic and debilitating. Medications may …

Objective The purpose of this paper is to revise the 2010 Dutch guideline for physical
therapy (PT) in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA), issued by the Royal Dutch …

Background The purpose of this report is to provide a succinct but comprehensive summary
of the scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of manual treatment for the …

Objective To provide a systematic review and describe how assessments of walking speed
are reported in the health care literature. Methods MEDLINE electronic database and …

Question: Is massage therapy effective for people with musculoskeletal disorders compared
to any other treatment or no treatment? Design: Systematic review of randomised clinical …

Background: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is the most common form of arthritis, leading to pain
disability in seniors and increased health care utilization. Manual therapy is one widely used …

Background Current treatment options for knee osteoarthritis have limited effectiveness and
potentially adverse side effects. Massage may offer a safe and effective complement to the …

Background In a previous trial of massage for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, we
demonstrated feasibility, safety and possible efficacy, with benefits that persisted at least 8 …

As a discipline, preventive medicine has traditionally been described to encompass primary,
secondary, and tertiary prevention. The fields of preventive medicine and public health …