Hawkes Physiotherapy Blog

In today's article we will critically review the following research paper: Acupuncture for chronic patellar tendinopathy P. Jeffs Journal of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists, Autumn 2013, 79–86. https://www.aacp.org.uk/journal/stream-file/12#page=79 So what type of evidence is this article? The below image shows where this article ranks in the hierarchy of evidence: So this article comes under the second from the base: Case reports, case series, practice guidelines etc. What conclusion is made? The author concluded that using acupuncture as an adjunct to usual treatment for Chronic Patella Tendinopathy was clinically significantly beneficial. Are the conclusion’s justified by the data? It would appear that the usual care with eccentric exercises was irritating to the injury and after acupuncture this enabled the patient to commence and progress this, which prior to the acupuncture wasn’t possible. What is t

In today's article we will critically review the following research paper: Effects of strength training on the treatment of patellofemoral pain syndrome -- a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Cardoso RK, Caputo EL, Rombaldi AJ, Del Vecchio FB Fisioterapia em Movimento [Physical Therapy in Movement] 2017 Apr-Jun;30(2):391-398 Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-51502017000200391&lng=en&tlng=en#B24 So what type of evidence is this article? The below image shows where this article ranks in the hierarchy of evidence: So this article comes under the second to top one: Other Systematic review & Meta-Analysis What conclusion is made? The authors concluded that strength training significantly helped Patellofemoral pain syndrome. Are the conclusion’s justified by the data? The reduction was purely of pain and so it is justified but other factors such as quality of life, functional ability,

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In this blog article we will answer the question of “Does acupuncture help headaches and migraines. We will look at the current research to answer that question and we will discuss the acupuncture points that are effective for these conditions. Before we start: Headaches are usually nothing serious but in rare cases they can potentially be caused by the following: So once these are ruled out then headaches are categorised as follows: Cluster headache, Migraine, Tension-type headache, Medication overuse headache, Firstly, Cluster headaches: A Cluster headache is an excruciating attack of pain in one side of the head, and eye. There is minimal evidence for using acupuncture on cluster headaches but this study by Fofi et al (2014) found that acupuncture did find short term relief in the cluster headache. Next, Tension-type headache: This is the most common type of headache and feels like a constant ache that often affects both sides of the head. It is al