Background Fracture of the distal radius is a common clinical problem, particularly in older
people with osteoporosis. There is considerable variation in the management, including …

Occupational therapy practitioners are key health care providers for people with
musculoskeletal disorders of the distal upper extremity. It is imperative that practitioners …

Purpose Cross-education (CE) of strength is a well-known phenomenon whereby exercise
of one limb can induce strength gains in the contralateral untrained limb. The only available …

Background Cross-education refers to increased motor output (ie, force generation, skill) of
the opposite, untrained limb following a period of unilateral exercise training. Despite …

Aim: Strength training of one limb results in a substantial increase in the strength of the
untrained limb, however, it remains unknown what the corticospinal responses are following …

Background: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are important tools for assessing
outcomes following injuries to the hand and wrist. Many commonly used PROMs have no …

Question What is the effect of exercise on increasing participation and activity levels and
reducing impairment in the rehabilitation of people with upper limb fractures? Design …

This analytic review reports how prolonged periods of somatosensory electric stimulation
(SES) with repetitive transcutaneous nerve stimulation can have 'direct'and 'crossed'effects …

Dating back to the early work of Fechner (14) and Scripture et al.(32), there has been
evidence that chronic training or motor practice of one limb can have an effect on the …

Purpose: High-intensity short-duration interval training (HIT) stimulates functional and
metabolic adaptation in skeletal muscle, but the influence of HIT on mitochondrial function …