Month: February 2016

Make use of free Resources and handouts from APTA CSM conference

Saurab Sharma | February 19, 2016

I always wanted to attend the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) combined section meeting (CSM) in the United States. This year, I am less upset about not being able to attend as APTA has put all the handouts of the conference talks in their website. The website has handouts for the topics such as:1. Orthopedics2. […]

How to write the “result section” of an article?

Saurab Sharma | February 15, 2016

The result section of an article describes to the reader the outcome and finding of the research in a clear and concise manner. It is the reflection of the “method section”. It explains what the authors found from the research. The function of the result section is to objectively present the text result without interpretation. […]

Classification of Low Back Pain based on Neuropathic, Nociceptive, or Central Sensitization dominance

Saurab Sharma | February 11, 2016

Low back pain (LBP) is a heterogeneous disorder including patients with dominant nociceptive (e.g., myofascial LBP), neuropathic (e.g., lumbar radiculopathy), and central sensitization pain [1]. Nociceptive pain is defined as “pain arising from actual or threatening damage to non-neural tissue and is due to the activation of nociceptors, or as pain attributable to the activation […]