Posted by Param on October 6th, 2008 in Physiotherapy
Thank you for the overwhelming response and showing interest in PhysioErgo. We have recieved plenty of registrations from both professional therapists as well as physio students. We have also been recieving many queries related Physiotherapy courses, techniques, membership criterias and benefits and this blog was taking the shape of more like a forum.
This prompted us to start up with brand new PhysioErgo forum which is an online discussion board where you can place all your possible doubts, share your experiences, post a useful link, announce opening of your brand new clinic, meet and invite friends online, suggest us, help others and get all your answers.
As this is also a new forum, the readers of this blog are encouraged to register separately for forum to start posting. Kindly note that the registration for the blog is closed for now. Those who registered for this blog will recieve automatic registration details with the same username via their registered email address.
Posted by Param on August 6th, 2008 in Physiotherapy
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Posted by Param on July 8th, 2008 in Physiotherapy, Research
The National Physical Laboratory of U.K. (The U.K’s national measurement laboratory) website has interesting research based information posted on it’s website that is useful for hospital physicists, physiotherapists and industrial manufacturers of medical ultrasound equipments. It is aimed to provide guidance on all aspects of measuring the output power of ultrasound equipment using a radiation force balance.
This information is provided in detail under various sub-heads viz.
Introduction
Radiation force balances
Measurement
Additional Information
Further Reading
The information present herein is quite detailed and a must read for Physiotherapists.
Posted by Param on April 4th, 2008 in Physiotherapy, Research
Anja Blikstad and Hugh Gemmell
The objective of this study was to determine the immediate effect of activator trigger point therapy and myofascial band therapy compared to sham ultrasound on non-specific neck pain, cervical lateral flexion and pain pressure threshold of upper trapezius trigger points. Forty-five subjects with non-specific neck pain of at least 4 on an 11-point numerical rating scale, an upper trapezius trigger point and decreased cervical lateral flexion were recruited. The subjects were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: activator trigger point therapy, myofascial band therapy or sham ultrasound (control group). All subjects attended one treatment session and outcome measures were repeated within 5 min after treatment. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups at baseline in age, pain level, lateral cervical flexion or pain pressure threshold. For the primary outcome measure of pain reduction the odds of a patient improving with activator trigger point therapy was 7 times higher than a patient treated with myofascial band therapy or sham ultrasound. The number needed to treat with activator trigger point therapy for one patient to improve was 3.
Activator trigger point therapy appears to be more effective than myofascial band therapy or sham ultrasound in treating patients with non-specific neck pain and upper trapezius trigger points.
Clinical Chiropractic, 2008, 11(1), 23-29
Link to Abstract
