scholarly journals The effect of two different types of electric current on experimental pain threshold in healthy individuals: A duble blind, randomized controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayşe NUMANOĞLU AKBAŞ ◽  
Sinem SUNER-KEKLİK ◽  
Hatice YAKUT ◽  
Ömer Osman PALA
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Electric Current ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Experimental Pain ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Different Types

scholarly journals Is hip strengthening the best treatment option for females with patellofemoral pain? A randomized controlled trial of three different types of exercises

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 408-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Camargo Saad ◽  
Rodrigo Antunes de Vasconcelos ◽  
Letícia Villani de Oliveira Mancinelli ◽  
Matheus Soares de Barros Munno ◽  
Rogério Ferreira Liporaci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Treatment Option ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Patellofemoral Pain ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Hip Strengthening

scholarly journals The Effect of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation on Joint Position Sense: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Takasaki ◽  
Yu Okubo ◽  
Shun Okuyama
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Methodological Quality ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Position Sense ◽  
Joint Position Sense ◽  
Joint Position ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

Context: Accurate joint position sense (JPS) is necessary for effective motor learning and high performance in activities that require fine motor control. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) can be a promising intervention. Objective: To examine existing peer-reviewed original studies that have investigated the effect of PNF techniques on the JPS in terms of the methodological quality, PNF techniques, outcomes, and participant characteristics. Evidence Acquisition: A systematic literature search was performed using PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL, SocINDEX, Scopus, and Cochrane Library from inception to January 2018. The following inclusion criteria were used: (1) assessment of the JPS; (2) peer-reviewed original studies with a randomized controlled trial or quasi-randomized controlled trial design; (3) participants with musculoskeletal disorders or healthy individuals (ie, neither animal studies nor those involving neurological problems); and (4) no cointervention with PNF, except for warm-up procedures. The methodological quality was assessed using PEDro scale and 5 additional criteria. Effect size (η2) was calculated where a positive value indicated an increased JPS after PNF as compared with other approaches including the wait-and-see method. Evidence Synthesis: Nine studies were examined for their methodological quality, and only one study scored >6 on the PEDro scale. Positive and large effect size (η2 > .14) was detected in 2 studies where JPS of the knee with contract-relax and replication techniques was assessed in healthy individuals. However, the methodological quality of these studies was poor (PEDro scores of 3 and ≤5 in the total quality score out of 16, respectively). Conclusions: The current study did not find multiple studies with high methodological quality and similar PNF techniques, outcomes, and characteristics of participants. More high-quality studies are required to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the effect of PNF on the JPS.

The Effect of Different Types of Monitoring Strategies on Weight Loss: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Obesity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1490-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle R. Jospe ◽  
Melyssa Roy ◽  
Rachel C. Brown ◽  
Sheila M. Williams ◽  
Hamish R. Osborne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Monitoring Strategies ◽  
Different Types

scholarly journals Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of Melissa officinalis Extract which Contained Rosmarinic Acid in Healthy Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e0126422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara ◽  
Kenjiro Ono ◽  
Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi ◽  
Kazuo Iwasa ◽  
Toshitada Nagai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Rosmarinic Acid ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Melissa Officinalis ◽  
Randomized Controlled

scholarly journals Confounding in Observational Studies Explained

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bikaramjit Mann ◽  
Evan Wood
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Disease Outcomes ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
The Impact

Practical and ethical constraints mean that many clinical and/or epidemiological questions cannot be answered through the implementation of a randomized controlled trial. Under these circumstances, observational studies are often required to assess relationships between certain exposures and disease outcomes. Unfortunately, observational studies are notoriously vulnerable to the effect of different types of “confounding,” a concept that is often a source of confusion among trainees, clinicians and users of health information. This article discusses the concept of confounding by way of examples and offers a simple guide for assessing the impact of is effects for learners of evidence-based medicine.

Providing objective feedback in supervision in motivational interviewing: results from a randomized controlled trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-394
Author(s):  
Maria Beckman ◽  
Lars Forsberg ◽  
Helena Lindqvist ◽  
Ata Ghaderi
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Supervisory Relationship ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Objective Feedback ◽  
Standardized Clients ◽  
Systematic Feedback

AbstractBackground:The effects of the use of objective feedback in supervision on the supervisory relationship and skill acquisition is unknown.Aims:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of two different types of objective feedback provided during supervision in motivational interviewing (MI) on: (a) the supervisory relationship, including potential feelings of discomfort/distress, provoked by the supervision sessions, and (b) the supervisees’ skill acquisition.Method:Data were obtained from a MI dissemination study conducted in five county councils across five county councils across Sweden. All 98 practitioners recorded sessions with standardized clients and were randomized to either systematic feedback based on only the behavioral component of a feedback protocol, or systematic feedback based on the entire protocol.Results:The two different ways to provide objective feedback did not negatively affect the supervisory relationship, or provoke discomfort/distress among the supervisees, and the group that received the behavioural component of the feedback protocol performed better on only two of the seven skill measures.Conclusions:Objective feedback does not seem to negatively affect either the supervisor–supervisee working alliance or the supervisees’ supervision experience. The observed differences in MI skill acquisition were small, and constructive replications are needed to ascertain the mode and complexity of feedback that optimizes practitioners’ learning, while minimizing the sense of discomfort and distress.

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