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Max provided a succinct article to "inform (musculoskeletal physiotherapists') clinical reasoning and decision-making process and smooth the way for mutual understanding with fellow orthodox health care professionals
Read MoreThis blog highlights the key messages from Nee and Butlers article (2006) on the clinical presentation of neuropathic pain. It outlines both the presentation of nerve trunk pain and dysesthetic pain.
Read MoreA systematic review by Blanchard (2010) found corticosteroids are better at improving pain, passive external rotation and shoulder disability in the first 6 weeks post-injection. However, physiotherapy was more beneficial at 12 weeks in reducing pain and disability, with both injections and physiotherapy more beneficial than placebo. So should we wait for it to "burn out"?
Read MoreThoracic outlet syndrome is a cluster of neurological and pain symptoms in the upper limb caused by compression of the brachial plexus and surrounding vascular structures as they pass through the thoracic outlet. This blog outlines the common causes, clinical presentation, assessment procedures in the differential diagnosis of this syndrome.
Read MoreAdhesive capsulitis is a shoulder condition resulting in loss of active and passive ROM. It's a combination of synovial inflammation and capsular fibrosis. This blog outlines the clinical assessment of adhesive capsulitis and differential diagnosis.
Read MoreMovement diagrams are a tool used to aid teaching and communication, i.e. an objective means of quantifying the relationship between movement and pain determined during a passive examination technique. This is a tutorial on how to construct and interpret movement diagrams.
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