Kim Bennell

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..Management of OA in athletes requires attention to load-reducing strategies, activity modification, muscle strengthening and weight control...

..The review concludes with a discussion of exercise prescription for muscle rehabilitation in knee osteoarthritis...

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..The aim was to validate an observational clinical test of assessing the medio-lateral knee motion, using a three-dimensional (3-D) motion analysis system. In addition, the inter-rater reliability was evaluated...

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..The objective of this systematic review is to provide evidence based knowledge on the treatment effects of different rehabilitation interventions for specific treatment goals for hand OA...

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..The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to compare the efficacy of a physiotherapy treatment program with placebo treatment in reducing pain and improving physical function...

..Exercise plays an important role in managing symptoms in those with hip and knee OA...

..The HAP is a reliable measure, and it is sensitive enough to discriminate between people with and without knee OA, and within an OA cohort. The HAP appears to have greater applicability in osteoarthritic women than men...

..To investigate the efficacy of a programme of manual therapy and exercise treatment compared with placebo treatment delivered by physiotherapists for people with chronic rotator cuff disease...

..To isolate the influence of pain, this study evaluated the effect of experimentally induced knee pain on standing balance in healthy older individuals...

..To assess the effect of lateral wedge insoles compared with flat control insoles on improving symptoms and slowing structural disease progression in medial knee osteoarthritis...

..Physiotherapy is often the first line of management for CRCP yet there is little conclusive evidence to support or refute its effectiveness and no formal evaluation of its cost-effectiveness...

..This study evaluated the effect of experimentally induced knee pain on knee joint position sense (JPS) in healthy individuals...

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..However, this cannot explain the improvements in stance phase knee flexion observed with tape...

..The aim of this randomised, single-blind controlled trial is to determine whether hip abductor and adductor muscle strengthening can reduce knee load and improve pain and physical function in people with medial compartment knee OA...

..This cross-sectional study compared apparent volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) of proximal tibial subchondral trabecular bone in people with and without knee OA, using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT)...

..To evaluate the relationship between mechanical loading, as indicated by the external knee adduction moment (KAM) during walking, and BML on MRI in people with medial knee osteoarthritis...

..To compare the effects of vastus medialis oblique (VMO) motor control retraining (MCR) and quadriceps strengthening (QS) exercises on the onset timing of the medial (VMO) and lateral (vastus lateralis, VL) quadriceps muscle...

..The review covers exercise prescription for symptomatic relief, and its potential role in reducing development and slowing progression of osteoarthritis...

..To determine whether a multimodal physiotherapy programme including taping, exercises, and massage is effective for knee osteoarthritis, and if benefits can be maintained with self management...

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..To determine whether hip abductor and adductor muscle strengthening reduces medial compartment knee load and improves symptoms in people with medial tibiofemoral OA and varus malalignment...

..We hypothesise that the neuromuscular program will reduce medial knee load as well as pain and functional limitations to a greater extent than a traditional quadriceps strengthening program...

..This study evaluated the relationship of medial knee load during walking to indices of structural disease progression, measured on MRI, in people with medial knee osteoarthritis...

..This has implications for the investigation of pathological structures in patients presenting clinically with anterior knee pain and provides an experimental model of anterior knee pain...

..It concludes with a discussion of exercise prescription for muscle rehabilitation in knee OA...

..05). While our study design does not allow causality to be established, these results suggest that deficits in joint position sense may be due to factors other than pain and that deficits are not large enough to impact upon disability...

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..Because it is believed that bone may respond to exercise differently at different ages, we compared bone responses in immature and mature rats after 12 wk of treadmill running...

..Given these results, sport scientists conducting future biomechanical studies using angular data to test hypotheses are advised to be extremely cautious about averaging across male and female participants...

..Although it cannot be determined whether the abnormality precedes or follows the development of PFPS, the results support including proprioceptive reeducation in management of PFPS...

..To determine whether an active physiotherapy program following arthrographic joint distension for adhesive capsulitis provides additional benefits...

..CONCLUSIONS: A six-treatment, 6-week physical therapy regimen is efficacious for alleviation of patellofemoral pain...

..The identified coordinated kinematic patterns of the lumbar spine and pelvis during running serve as a basis for future investigations exploring the relationship between atypical kinematic patterns and injury...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of hip muscles in patellofemoral pain (PFP), specifically by investigating neuromotor control, strength and range of motion of the hip muscles...

..To determine whether electromyographic (EMG) onsets of vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) are altered in the presence of patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) during the functional task of stair stepping...

..To compare overground and treadmill running for differences in the three-dimensional angular kinematics of the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex...

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..To investigate the effect of patellar taping on the amplitude of electromyographic activity (EMG) of vasti activation in subjects with and without patellofemoral pain (PFP)...

..8 degrees for the lumbar spine and pelvic rotations respectively. It was concluded that different Cardan angle sequences were not found to substantially affect typical 3D lumbo-pelvic angular kinematic patterns during running...

..However, the window of opportunity for optimizing positive effects of exercise on peak bone mass remains to be fully defined. Ballet dancing provides a model of mechanical loading patterns required to site-specifically modulate bone...

..This paper critically reviews the studies that have examined the effects of patellar taping and makes informed recommendations for further research and clinical practice...

..Knowledge of this coordination is essential in order to facilitate the successful rehabilitation of running injuries to the back, pelvis, hip and thigh...

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..Our results provide further support for the concept that bone response to mechanical loading depends upon the bone site and the mode of exercise...

..This study aimed to investigate the independent effects of osteoporotic vertebral fracture and thoracic kyphosis on balance characteristics in an osteoporotic population...

..To evaluate in a 12 month longitudinal study changes in hip and ankle range of motion and hip muscle strength in young female novice ballet dancers...

..This single-assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the efficacy of physiotherapy-delivered clinical Pilates and general exercise for chronic low back pain...

..While policy is extant, implementation has not been systematic and comprehensive. Clinicians have evidence-based recommendations for OA management but are poorly supported by service models to deliver these effectively and efficiently...

..Given that the WBB is portable, widely available and a fraction of the cost of a FP, it could provide the average clinician with a standing balance assessment tool suitable for the clinical setting...

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..Therapeutic tape may be used as an adjunct to drug and exercise therapies, potentially augmenting the individual benefits of each...

..CONCLUSIONS: Balance deficits can be identified in the osteoarthritic population using simple, inexpensive measures. However, the clinical relevance of the small deficits identified remains unknown and warrants further investigation...

..To investigate shoulder pain incidence rates and selected risk factors for shoulder pain in competitive swimmers...

..CONCLUSION: This surgical technique reduces pain and allows the majority of patients to return to sports; however, patients should be counseled that they may not be able to return to their preinjury level of exercise or remain pain-free...

..This latter finding may primarily relate to the inability of US to effectively penetrate the outer cortex of bone due to its acoustic properties...

..This may allow assessment of bone loss and the efficacy of intervention on this loss in the early stages following injury, a period where traditional axial DXA assessment is limited by practical constraints...

..This may relate to the biophysical mechanisms of action of US, US-bone interactions and tissue level processes taking place...

..4; p=0.098). The findings suggest that a simple program of eccentric exercise could reduce the incidence of hamstring injuries in Australian Football but widespread implementation of this program is not likely because of poor compliance...

..To determine whether locally adapting a falls risk factor assessment tool results in an instrument with clinimetric properties sufficient to support an acute hospital's falls prevention program...

..The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the vertebral centroid and Cobb angles in people with osteoporosis...

..This randomised controlled trial showed that the course increased osteoporosis knowledge...

..Evidence to support proposed risk factors for hamstring injury is generally lacking, limiting the development of appropriate prevention strategies...

..To investigate early clinical predictors of time to return to competition and of recurrence following hamstring strain...

..6%) non-united. The results of this study demonstrate that the rate of delayed- and non-union following OWHTO for medial compartment arthritis of the knee is relatively low and comparable to that reported for traditional CWHTO...

..To examine the test-retest reliability, validity, and responsiveness of several outcome measures in the treatment of patellofemoral pain...

..CONCLUSION: Impaired sensorimotor function as measured in this study is not strongly associated with altered knee joint kinematics observed in knee osteoarthritis patients during locomotion...

..To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and implementation of a falls prevention exercise programme for preventing falls in the subacute hospital setting...

..Theoretical rationale indicates a relationship between the motor control of the pelvis and long-standing groin pain; however, this link has not been investigated...

..This systematic review shows that pre-operative physiotherapy programmes are not effective in improving outcome after total knee replacement but their effect on outcome from total hip replacement cannot be adequately determined...

..To identify risk factors for general lower extremity injury at the community level of Australian football...

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..To determine if the electromyographic onset of vastus lateralis and kinematic knee joint motion in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA) differs from that of asymptomatic persons, during the task of stair stepping...

..This implies that selective retraining of the individual components of the quadriceps is not indicated in rehabilitation programs for patients with this disease...

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..To investigate the effect of physical therapy treatment on the timing of electromyographic (EMG) activity of the vasti in individuals with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS)...

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..To test the hypotheses that therapeutic taping of the knee improves pain and disability in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and that benefits remain after stopping treatment...

..This gait adaptation may be related to the co-ordination of individual vasti components...

..The relationship between changes in stance-phase knee flexion and changes in pain, disability, and onset timing of individual vasti activity was also examined...

..To determine the effects of age on (i) the onset of vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) activity relative to that of vastus lateralis (VL) and (ii) the onset of quadriceps activity in terminal swing relative to heel-strike, during stair descent...

..Although treatment approaches are aimed at normalizing or minimizing progression of kyphosis, the biomechanical rationales remain unsubstantiated...

..This response could also be an adaptive characteristic of the central nervous system to minimise vertebral loading time...

..To examine the relative and absolute intrarater test-retest reliability of muscle strength and range of motion (ROM) measurements of the hip performed in people with hip osteoarthritis...

..To evaluate the psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life short version instrument (WHOQOL-BREF), and to determine its responsiveness in assessing early outcome after total hip or knee replacement surgery...

..Interventions aimed at restoring vertebral morphology or reduce thoracic curvature may assist in normalising spine load profiles...

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..These findings have a number of important functional and clinical implications...

..To examine whether the effects of 12 weeks of quadriceps strengthening on the knee adduction moment, pain, and function in people with medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) differ in those with and without varus malalignment...

..To examine the association of varus malalignment with impairments and functional limitations in people with medial knee osteoarthritis (OA)...

..02-5.57) and using an L2/L3 combination from ICC(1,1) 0.942 to 0.980 (% CV: 2.04-4.61). This study demonstrated moderate to high precision for subregional analysis of apparent BMD in the lumbar spine using lateral DXA in vivo...