Research
Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation Exercises and Comparisons to Surgery
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Surgery is not better than physiotherapy for rotator cuff tears
“There is no significant difference between surgical and conservative treatment in patients with rotator cuff tears of two-year follow-up.”
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Tailored rehab programme reduces patellar tendinopathy
“A tailored preventive programme may be able to reduce the incidence of patellar tendinopathy, especially in male youth volleyball athletes.”
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Physiotherapy should be the first-choice of treatment for lumbar stenosis
“Supervised physiotherapy is preferred over surgery as first-choice treatment of lumbar stenosis.”
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Surgery & Physio versus Physio Alone have similar outcomes for shoulder impingement
“For shoulder impingement, surgery plus physiotherapy compared to physiotherapy alone on improving pain and function are too small to be clinically important.”
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Those exercising regularly are more resistant to emotional effects of acute stress
“Those exercising regularly are more resistant to the emotional effects of acute stress, which in turn, may protect them against diseases related to chronic stress burden.”
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For hip impingement, surgery was not more effective than conservative management in the short and medium term
“Surgical treatment is not superior to conservative treatment for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome in the short term, and there is low-quality evidence that it is not superior in the medium term.”
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Physiotherapy as effective as surgery for tendinopathies. Patients advised to follow a tendon loading rehab for 12 months before considering surgery
“Physiotherapy was as effective as surgery both in the midterm and long term for pain, function, ROM and tendon force, and pain, treatment success and quality of life, respectively.”
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No clinically relevant differences between interventions for musculoskeletal conditions with and without surgery
“Evidence does not support recommending surgery over nonsurgical alternatives for most musculoskeletal conditions.”
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Video-based exercise intervention for knee osteoarthritis is as effective as face-to-face treatment
“Telehealth-based exercise intervention is an effective strategy for knee osteoarthritis and was able to achieve the effects of traditional face-to-face exercise treatment.”