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Systematic review found that preoperative respiratory muscle training reduces the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications and pneumonia and length of hospital stay following open cardiac surgery.

This systematic review aimed to estimate the effect of preoperative respiratory muscle training (RMT) compared to no intervention on the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications (PPC), post-operative length of stay, respiratory muscle strength and duration …

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PEDro update (5 August 2024)

PEDro update (5 August 2024) PEDro contains 61,923 records. In the 5 August 2024 update you will find: 47,355 reports of randomised controlled trials (46,277 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using …

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Infographic: Systematic review found that moderate certainty evidence that “stand-alone” exercise is acceptable to pregnant women with lumbopelvic pain and prevents episodes of low back pain in the long-term.

Last month we summarised the systematic review by Santos et al 2023. The review concluded that moderate certainty evidence that “stand-alone” exercise is acceptable to pregnant women with lumbopelvic pain and prevents episodes of low …

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Infographic: Systematic review found that moderate certainty evidence that “stand-alone” exercise is acceptable to pregnant women with lumbopelvic pain and prevents episodes of low back pain in the long-term

Last month we summarised the systematic review by Santos et al 2023. The review concluded that moderate certainty evidence that “stand-alone” exercise is acceptable to pregnant women with lumbopelvic pain and prevents episodes of low …

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