Background and Purpose. Assessment of the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
is common practice in systematic reviews. However, the reliability of data obtained with most …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of exercise on falls prevention in older people and
establish whether particular trial characteristics or components of exercise programs are …

Objectives To describe the course of acute low back pain and sciatica and to identify clinically
important prognostic factors for these conditions. Design Systematic review. Data sources …

Objective Previous meta-analyses have found that exercise prevents falls in older people.
This study aimed to test whether this effect is still present when new trials are added, and it …

Evidence-based practice involves the use of evidence from systematic reviews and randomised
controlled trials, but the extent of this evidence in physiotherapy has not previously been …

Objective To estimate the one year prognosis and identify prognostic factors in cases of recent
onset low back pain managed in primary care. Design Cohort study with one year follow-…

Background: Although low-back pain is a highly prevalent condition, its clinical course remains
uncertain. Our main objective was to systematically review the literature on the clinical …

Practice guidelines recommend various types of exercise and manipulative therapy for chronic
back pain but there have been few head-to-head comparisons of these interventions. We …

Objective To determine the prevalence of serious pathology in patients presenting to
primary care settings with acute low back pain, and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of …

If exercises are performed to increase muscle strength on one side of the body, voluntary
strength can increase on the contralateral side. This effect, termed the contralateral strength …