This paper aims to develop understanding of three important motor control issues—
feedforward mechanisms, cortical plasticity and task-specificity and assess the implications …

Background Sports participation has many physical and mental health benefits for
individuals with a disability including improved functionality and reduced anxiety, yet a large …

Background Clinical guidelines make vague recommendations as to exercise training (ET)
type and dosage to manage chronic non-specific neck pain (CNSNP). Objective To …

Background Given that physical activity (PA) has a positive impact on COPD symptoms and
prognosis, this study examined the factors that both encourage and limit participation in PA …

BACKGROUND Self-management (SM) support for patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) is variable in its coverage, content, method and timing of …

Purpose This systematic review aimed to identify the most effective components of
interventions to facilitate self-management of health care behaviors for patients with COPD …

Evidence is emerging for central nervous system (CNS) changes in the presence of
musculoskeletal dysfunction and pain. Motor control exercises, and potentially manual …

Objective Sedentary behaviour has long been associated with neck and low back pain,
although relatively little is known about the thoracic spine. Contributing around 33% of …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a growing global problem. Despite
mounting evidence of significant co morbidity including musculoskeletal changes …

Purpose Although many hospitals promote self-management to chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) patients post discharge from hospital, the clinical effectiveness …