Therapeutic Exercise helps neck pain
17th May 2013
Latest review in Physical Therapy
Categories: Review 2013
Respiratory weakness and neck pain
14th May 2013
Interesting new study
Categories: Review 2013
Facilitating semispinalis to control low neck flexion
2nd May 2013
The orientation of the neck matters
Categories: Review 2013
Physiofirst Conference 2013
24th April 2013
Rehabilitation: What works and how to do it
Categories: News, Review 2013
Acute back pain leads to increased spinal stability
18th April 2013
New evidence confirms what we see in the clinic
Categories: Review 2013
How does the body adapt to pain
14th April 2013
People move differently in pain - the mechanisms are poorly understood - what's new?
Categories: Review 2013
Faulty movement patterns and patellofemoral pain
9th April 2013
Evidence to suggest tibia lateral rotation increases PFP
Categories: Review 2013
Classification of uncontrolled movement directs management
28th March 2013
Specifc treatment can improve the control of movement
Categories: Review 2013
Scapular kinematics important in stroke rehab
25th March 2013
Understanding normal scapular function is essential for retraining function in people with strokes
Categories: Review 2012
What's happening at the neck
13th March 2013
Two recent papers relating to neck muscle dysfunction in neck pain and a nice facilitation strategy
Categories: Review 2013
Faulty movement patterns linked with a predisposition of LBP
27th February 2013
Latest paper in Clinical Biomechanics
Categories: Review 2013
Deficits in glut med associated with patellofemoral pain syndrome
23rd February 2013
Review of the relationship between gluteal muscle activity and patellofemoral pain syndrome
Categories: Review 2013
Kinetic Control: The Management of Uncontrolled Movement
20th February 2013
Book Review
Categories: Review
Scapular-focused treatment in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome
15th February 2013
Scapular-focused treatment in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome: a randomized clinical trial - postive improvement in in self-reported disability and clinically important improvement in pain during the Neer test, Hawkins test, and empty can test
Article of the week - 7
Categories: Review 2012
Do we need to rethink core stability as core control?
1st February 2013
2 articles questioning the effectiveness of core stability training. Are we missing the key?
Categories: Review 2013
Reliability of movement control tests
24th January 2013
Clinical tests that emphasize movement control for back and hip had moderate-to-almost-perfect inter-observer reliability, indicating that these tests are reliable as screening tests using several observers with marines.
Categories: Review 2013
Pain changes the brain
17th January 2013
Article of the week:
We continue with our plan to post interesting abstracts
Smudging the motor brain in young adults with recurrent low back pain.
ISSLS prize winner
Tsao H, Danneels LA, Hodges PW.
Spine 2011 Oct 1;36(21):1721-7. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31821c4267.
This research paper demonstrates that low back pain is associated with a loss of discrete cortical organization of the back muscles. Increased overlap in the motor cortical representation of Deep Multifidus and Longissimus Erector Spinae may explain motor control changes noted in people with low back pain. Helps to explain why it is difficult to retrain the motor control impairment in people with low back pain.
Categories: Review 2013
Articles Relevant to the Assessment and Management of Uncontrolled Movement
13th January 2013
This year we plan to post an article relevant to the assessment and management of uncontrolled movement each week.
For week 1 & 2 see our post on movement control in dancers. 50 more to follow this year!
Categories: Review 2013
Motor Control Impairments in Dancers - the need for movement assessment
13th January 2013
Motor control impairments are identified in dancers with a history of low back pain. Dancers who fail tests of motor control are associated with an increased risk of developing lower extremities or lumbar spine injuries in dancers (see abstracts). Movement control assessment and retraining is not only necessary to manage symptoms but also to decrease the risk of onset of symptoms. We are working on a Movement and Performance Screen specifically for dancers - The Dance Matrix - available later this year see performancematrix.com
Categories: Review
Trapezius: Clearing up the confusion!
7th December 2012
A review of the eLearning module
Categories: News, Review
Translating The SIJ into Function
6th December 2012
At our recent Kinetic Control Movement Therapist seminar day
Categories: News, Review
Muscle dysfunction in people with neck pain
12th November 2012
Many people suffer from neck pain at sometime in their life. Kari Niemi (Kinetic Control Accredited Tutor in Finland) has identifed some recent research projects illustrating examples of muscle dysfunction in people with neck pain and one follow-up-study regarding predictive factors of neck pain.
Categories: News, Review
New Publication: Motor Control and Low Back Pain in Dancers
16th October 2012
Motor control is impaired in dancers with low back pain
Categories: Research, Review
New Publication: Scapular Motor Control Training
14th October 2012
This study aimed to quantify the clinical, neurophysiological, and biomechanical effects of a scapular motor control retraining for young individuals with shoulder impingement signs
Categories: Research, Review
The Pressure Biofeedback Unit for Testing and Retraining of Lumbo-pelvic Control
28th September 2012
The pressure biofeedback unit - useful clinical tool to help identify uncontrolled movement of the lumbopelvic region
This review presents how to use the Pressure Biofeedback Unit for testing core control
Categories: Review
Changing the way we move
21st August 2012
Mark Comerford discusses some of the factors that we look at when trying to identify uncontrolled movement.
Categories: Review
Core control analysis helps coaches develop technique improvements
1st August 2012
Mark Comerford and Geoff McKinnon explore technique improvement in elite hurdle performance with movement control analysis and retraining.
Categories: Review
Case review: the management of uncontrolled movement in practice – 3
22nd February 2012
Case review: Cervical Spine
This is the third case review in our series of managing uncontrolled movement. This case review considers the Cervical spine.
Categories: Case Studies, Review,
Factors influencing control of scapular movements in patients with neck and shoulder disorders
29th November 2011
Factors influencing the control of scapular movements in patients with neck and shoulder disorders. A preliminary review of the literature.
Categories: Review,
Case review: the management of uncontrolled movement in practice – 2
13th October 2011
Case review: Shoulder
Let's set the scene.
A bricklayer presents with right shoulder pain. He complains of localised superficial pain at the acromion and near the anterior coracoid.
Categories: Case Studies, Review
Uncontrolled movement and symptoms, disability, dysfunction, recurrence, risk, and performance
5th October 2011
There is a growing body of evidence to support the relationship between uncontrolled movement (UCM) and symptoms (Dankaerts 2006a, b, Luomajoki et al. 2008, van Dillen et al. 2009).
Categories: Kinetic Control, Review,
The assessment of uncontrolled movement
2nd August 2011
A common feature of movement control faults is reduced control of active movements, or movement control dysfunction, termed MCD by Luomajoki et al. (2007).
Categories: Review,
Scapular positioning and movement: a clinical perspective
30th May 2011
Vrije Iniversiteit Brussel, Faculty of Physical education and Physical Therapy
Categories: Review,
The relationship between posture, pain & muscle activity in the lumbar spine
7th January 2011
A post by Patrik Pedersen, Kinetic Control Accredited Tutor, Sweden
Categories: Review,
Uncontrolled movement of the lumbar spine - a missing piece of the puzzle?
7th January 2011
Lecture by Patrik Pedersen
Scottish Osteopathic Society Annual General Meeting, Edinburgh UK, 11-12 September 2010
Categories: Review,
A brief review of the trapezius muscle
7th January 2011
Kinetic Control Accredited Tutor, Finland
Categories: Review,
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