BACKGROUND Breathlessness is a debilitating and distressing symptom in a wide variety of diseases and still a difficult symptom to manage. An integrative review of systematic reviews of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions for breathlessness in non-malignant disease was undertaken to identify the current state of clinical understanding of the management of breathlessness and hi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of acceptability of the EULAR recommendations for the management of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in practice. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to general practitioners, rheumatologists, rehabilitators, and orthopaedic surgeons in five European countries (France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy). Practitioners were asked to give their opinion on the 10 EULAR rec...

SUMMARY The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected millions of people worldwide and generated many sequels in the survivors, such as muscular pain fatigue. These symptoms have been treated through pharmacological approaches; however, keep presenting physical limitations. Besides, COVID-19 damage to central nervous system also related presence some impairment, so strategies that focus...

Neck pain is a multifactorial disease and major problem in modern society. There no definitive treatment for neck pain. However, different pharmacological non-pharmacological treatments have been recommended, including instrumental chiropractic manipulation. Objective: This study will evaluate the efficacy safety of manipulation techniques Method: Four databases were searched between October 20...

conclusions the benson relaxation could reduce pain intensity in women after cesarean section. results the mean of pain score before intervention at cg was 4.43 cm. it was decreased to 4.40 cm (1 min), 4.27 cm (12 h), 4.10 cm (24 h), 4.00 cm (36 h), 3.93 cm (48 h), 3.83 cm (60 h), 3.67 cm (72 h) and 3.51 cm (84 h). meanwhile, the ig was 4.97 cm. it was decreased to 4.90 cm (1 min), 4.23 cm (12 ...

This cross-sectional and quantitative study aimed to analyze the relationship among social support, adherence to non-pharmacological (diet and physical exercise) and pharmacological treatments (insulin and/or oral anti-diabetic medication) and clinical and metabolic control of 162 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Data were collected through instruments validated for Brazil. Social support was...