Although manual therapy for pain relief has been used as an adjunct in treatments for
chronic low back pain (CLBP), there is still the belief that a single session of myofascial …

Introduction Osteopathic care may support an individual's adaptive capacity, including
allostatic regulation and tissue changes in both health and disease. The palpatory findings …

The term “soft tissue therapy”(STT) refers to mechanical methods of treatment involving
passive kneading, pressing and stretching of pathologically tense tissues in supporting the …

Recent advances in sport horse medicine and rehabilitation have made it possible for
equine athletes to reach new levels of excellence. Client demand for superior diagnostics …

Bibliometrics use statistical methods to measure the scholarly impact of publications.
Bibliometrics are categorized as conventional metrics or alternative metrics. Conventional …

Background Muscle pain and stiffness are strictly interconnected. Injuries frequently occur
during sport activities, causing muscle pain, with or without stiffness, and require effective as …

Abstract Bernstein's (1996) levels of movement organization includes tonus, the muscular-
contraction level that primes individual movement systems for (re) organizing coordination …

The upper body and trunk muscles are crucial to perform soccer kicks. Resistance training
targeting these muscles may modify the pattern adopted during kicking. This study aimed to …

Purpose: This study investigated the effects of isometric plantar-flexion against different
resistances on the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF), erector spinae (ES), and gastrocnemius …

Background: Biomechanical cadaveric studies of rotator cuff repair (RCR) have shown that
transosseous equivalent and double-row anchored repairs are stronger than other repair …