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Gluteal Loading Versus Sham Exercises To Improve Pain and Dysfunction in Postmenopausal Women With Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2018)

December 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
The study authors examined the effect of evidence based loading compared to sham for GTPS. Subjects were postmenopausal women with lateral hip pain. They needed to have pain reproduction in three of five pain provocation tests for GTPS to be included in the study. Exclusion criteria included injection into the hip in the previous 12 […]
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Is Massage an Effective Intervention in the Management of Post-Operative Scarring? A Scoping Review (2022)

December 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
The combined 25 studies reported a total of 1515 participants. There was an overall imbalance in gender representation, with females accounting for 88% of all participants. Participants ranged from 3 months to 85 years old and the scars treated extended from less than 3 weeks old to 43 years following surgery, with an average of […]
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Vertebral Compression Fracture: What to Expect

November 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout outlines what vertebral compression fractures are, what recovery looks like, and what to expect with treatment. Designed to be shared with people who have compression fractures.
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Ice Massage Instruction Sheet

October 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
This intervention piece is designed to instruct someone how to do an ice massage to reduce pain. It is a great handout to include with the home program for people with acute injuries.
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What is Osteomyelitis?

October 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout outlines what osteomyelitis is, symptoms, diagnostic testing, and what to expect with this condition.
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Local Cryotherapy Minimally Impacts the Metabolome and Transcriptome of Human Skeletal Muscle (2017)

October 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
Ice is thought to work by reducing inflammation, reactive oxygen species production, and metabolic demands within tissue while increasing regenerative and muscle growth responses. There is inconclusive evidence regarding the exact mechanisms by which cryotherapy works. The authors of this study attempted to measure changes in transcriptome, metabolome, and signaling pathways involved in muscle growth […]
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Figure-of-Eight Measurement

October 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
This will assist clinicians in properly performing figure-of-eight measurement to assess foot and/or ankle edema.
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