Unlocking the potential of serious games for rehabilitation in low and middle-income countries: addressing potential and current limitations by Diriba Dereje, Diriba Dereje, Dheeraj Lamba, Teklu Gemechu Abessa, Teklu Gemechu Abessa, Chala Kenea, Chala Kenea, Cintia Ramari, Cintia Ramari, Muhammad Osama, Muhammad Osama, Oyéné Kossi, Oyéné Kossi, Paul Muteb Boma, Paul Muteb Boma, Jules Panda, Jules Panda, Jules Panda, Anna Kushnir, Anna Kushnir, Joanna Mourad, Joanna Mourad, Jean Mapinduzi, Jean Mapinduzi, Maryam Fourtassi, Kim Daniels, Kim Daniels, Judith Deutsch, Bruno Bonnechère, Bruno Bonnechère, Bruno Bonnechère

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Translingual neural stimulation induced changes in intra- and inter-network functional connectivity in mild-moderate traumatic brain injury patients by Daniel Y. Chu, Jiancheng Hou, Thomas Hosseini, Veena A. Nair, Nagesh Adluru, Yuri Danilov, Kurt A. Kaczmarek, Mary E. Meyerand, Mitchell Tyler, Mitchell Tyler, Vivek Prabhakaran

“…The 2-week TLNS intervention program, specifically stimulation during focused physical therapy focused on recovery of gait and balance, included twice-daily treatment in the laboratory and the same program at home during the intervening weekend. …”
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Urinary Incontinence in Men with Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study by İsmail Uysal, Özgür Nadiye Doğrukök, Yalcin Golcuk, Fatih Özden, Mehmet Özkeskin, Miray Başer, Bircan Yücekaya, Zeynep Nisa Karakoyun

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Comparison of Therapeutic Effects of Different Rehabilitation Methods on Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Network Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Zhaokai Jin, Yi Tang, Hua Huang, Lei Chen, Zhongyi Zhang, Tianyou Ma, Zhengming Wang, Hai Su, Haojing Zhou, Shuaijie Lv, Peijian Tong

“…And we have summarized nine rehabilitation intervention measures: conventional physical therapy (CPT), cryotherapy, thermal therapy (TT), acupuncture, hydrotherapy, neuromuscular training (NT), electrotherapy, continuous passive motion (CPM), continuous active motion (CAM). …”
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Case report: A severe myositis mimicking bulbar palsy after administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors by Philippe Rochigneux, Philippe Rochigneux, Alexandre Bertucci, Elika Loir, Alexia Mattei, Danielle Robert, Michael Dassa, Brice Chanez, Mikael Ebbo, Lea Gaigne, Anne Sophie Chretien, Giovanni Corazza, Giovanni Corazza, Nicolas Schleinitz

“…In a multidisciplinary setting, she was treated with IV corticosteroids (methylprednisolone 1 mg/kg started at day 10, with a progressive decrease until 1 mg of prednisone in March 2024), IV immunoglobulins started at day 18 (1.5 g/kg in 2 days, administered monthly, with a progressive decrease and a cessation in June 2022), enteral nutrition, speech therapy and physical therapy, with noticeable improvement. After 4 years of follow-up, and only one infusion of Ipi/Nivo, the melanoma is still in complete response.ConclusionWe report an ICI-induced severe myositis mimicking bulbar palsy after the administration of Ipi/Nivo. …”
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Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation combined with robotic-assisted body weight-supported treadmill training enhances motor score and gait recovery in incomplete spinal cord inju... by Natalia Comino-Suárez, Juan C. Moreno, Álvaro Megía-García, Antonio J. del-Ama, Diego Serrano-Muñoz, Juan Avendaño-Coy, Ángel Gil-Agudo, Mónica Alcobendas-Maestro, Esther López-López, Julio Gómez-Soriano

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The effect of core stabilization exercises and shock wave therapy in patients with radiculopathy by J. Bubelis

“…Physical exercises and physiotherapy used during physical therapy have shown to reduce pain, improve and manage balance. …”
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A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials: evaluating the efficacy of isokinetic muscle strengthening training in improving knee osteoarthritis outcomes by Wanqin Guo, Jingyang Gao, Dawazhuoma, Xiuling Mi, Ciwang, Bianba

“…IMST significantly improved physical therapy outcomes, including knee Flex PT and knee Ext PT at an angular velocity of 60°/second (standardized mean difference 13.19 [95% confidence interval 6.44, 19.94], P = 0.0001 and 16.34 [11.47, 21.22], P < 0.00001, respectively), and 180°/second (11.17 [2.86, 19.48], P = 0.008 and 12.62 [3.49, 21.75], P = 0.0077, respectively); knee Flex TW (79.77 [49.43, 110.10], P < 0.0001), Ext TW (86.27 [58.40, 114.15], P < 0.00001), knee Flex MRTW (9.38 [3.20, 15.56], P = 0.003), knee Ext MRTW (15.52 [8.96, 22.08], P < 0.0001), knee Flex AP (8.66 [0.70, 16.61], P = 0.03), knee Ext AP (7.27 [3.30, 11.23], P = 0.0003), knee Flex ROM (10.62 [7.94, 13.30], P < 0.00001), and LKSS scores (7.90 [5.91, 9.89], P < 0.00001). …”
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Mental health disorder symptom changes among public safety personnel after emotional resilience skills training by R.N. Carleton, S. Sauer-Zavala, T.A. Teckchandani, K.Q. Maguire, L. Jamshidi, R.E. Shields, T.O. Afifi, J. Nisbet, K.L. Andrews, S.H. Stewart, A.J. Fletcher, R. Martin, R.S. MacPhee, J.C. MacDermid, T.M. Keane, A. Brunet, M. McCarron, L.M. Lix, N.A. Jones, G.P. Krätzig, J.P. Neary, G. Anderson, R. Ricciardelli, H. Cramm, J. Sareen, G.J.G. Asmundson

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International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions by Grant R. Tomkinson, Justin J. Lang, Lukáš Rubín, Ryan McGrath, Bethany Gower, Terry Boyle, Marilyn G. Klug, Alexandra J. Mayhew, Henry T. Blake, Francisco B. Ortega, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Costan G. Magnussen, Brooklyn J. Fraser, Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Yang Liu, Kaare Christensen, Darryl P. Leong, Mette Aadahl, Edimansyah Abdin, Julian Alcazar, Aqeel Alenazi, Bader Alqahtani, Cledir De A. Amaral, Thatiana L.M. Amaral, Alex Andrade Fernandes, Peter Axelsson, Jennifer N. Baldwin, Karin Bammann, Aline R. Barbosa, Ameline Bardo, Inosha Bimali, Peter Bjerregaard, Martin Bobak, Colin A. Boreham, Klaus Bös, João Carlos Bouzas Marins, Joshua Burns, Nadezda Capkova, Lilia Castillo-Martínez, Liang-Kung Chen, Siu Ming Choi, Rebecca K.J. Choong, Susana C. Confortin, Cyrus Cooper, Jorge E. Correa-Bautista, Amandine Cournil, Grace Cruz, Eling D. de Bruin, José Antonio De Paz, Bruno De Souza Moreira, Luiz Antonio Dos Anjos, María Cristina Enríquez Reyna, Eduardo Ferriolli, Gillian Forrester, Elena Frolova, Abadi K. Gebre, Atef M. Ghaleb, Tiffany K. Gill, Yasuyuki Gondo, M. Cristina Gonzalez, Citlali Gonzalez Alvarez, Mary K. Hannah, Nicholas C. Harvey, Jean-Yves Hogrel, Marie-Theres Huemer, Toshiko Iidaka, Lewis A. Ingram, Dmitri A. Jdanov, Victoria L. Keevil, Wolfgang Kemmler, Rose Anne Kenny, Dae-Yeon Kim, Tracy L. Kivell, Ingirid G.H. Kjær, Alexander Kluttig, Rumi Kozakai, Danit Langer, Lisbeth A. Larsen, Wei-Ju Lee, David A. Leon, Eric Lichtenstein, Bertis B. Little, Roberto Alves Lourenço, Rahul Malhotra, Robert M. Malina, Kiyoaki Matsumoto, Tal Mazor-Karsenty, Marnee J. McKay, Sinéad McLoughlin, Abhishek L. Mensegere, Mostafa Mohammadian, Virgilio Garcia Moreira, Hiroshi Murayama, Anne Murray, Anita Liberalesso Neri, Claudia Niessner, Gabriel Núñez Othón, Gabriel Olveira, Suzanne G. Orchard, Andrezj Pajak, Chan Woong Park, Julie A. Pasco, Maria E. Peña Reyes, Leani Souza Máximo Pereira, Annette Peters, Eric Tsz-Chun Poon, Margareth C. Portela, Jedd Pratt, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Wendy Rodríguez-García, Joanne Ryan, Mauricio A. San-Martín, Francisco José Sánchez-Torralvo, Mahnaz Saremi, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Satoshi Seino, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Marc Sim, Bjørn Heine Strand, Mythily Subramaniam, Charlotte Suetta, Sophia X. Sui, Jonas S. Sundarakumar, Koya Suzuki, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Maw Pin Tan, Yu Taniguchi, Barbara Thorand, Anna Turusheva, Anne Therese Tveter, Jonathan Wagner, Dao Wang, Stuart J. Warden, Julia Wearing, Shiou Liang Wee, Leo D. Westbury, Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Alexander Woll, Noriko Yoshimura, Ruby Yu

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Integration of Therapeutic Components in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Sonia Viviané Jiménez Carpi, Jorge Luis Abreus Mora, Vivian Bárbara González Curbelo, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares, Fernando Jesús Del Sol Santiago

“…This systematic review analyzed as problem, the integration of physical therapies and therapeutic components during physical rehabilitation process. …”
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Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Antidepressive Therapy: Shocking Relations by Peter Rotheneichner, Simona Lange, Anna O’Sullivan, Julia Marschallinger, Pia Zaunmair, Christian Geretsegger, Ludwig Aigner, Sebastien Couillard-Despres

“…But still, conclusive evidence that adult neurogenesis contributes to antidepressive effects of pharmacological and physical therapies has not been generated yet. This review revisits recent findings on the close relation between the mode(s) of action of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a powerful intervention used as second-line treatment of major depression disorders, and the neurogenic response to ECT. …”
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Exploring the Revolutionary Impact of YAP Pathways on Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine by Carmelo Pirri

“…In the realm of rehabilitation physical therapies, therapeutic exercise and manual treatments, etc., are frequently employed, not just for pain relief but also to support recovery from diverse health conditions. …”
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Musician’s dystonia: a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatments by Joy Grifoni, Joy Grifoni, Valeria Crispiatico, Anna Castagna, Rosa Maria Converti, Marina Ramella, Angelo Quartarone, Teresa L’Abbate, Teresa L’Abbate, Karolina Armonaite, Karolina Armonaite, Luca Paulon, Luca Paulon, Francescaroberta Panuccio, Franca Tecchio

“…Specifically, it lays the groundwork for multimodal psycho-physical therapies aimed at restoring balance in the neural circuits affected by MD. …”
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Slipping Rib Syndrome in a Female Adult with Longstanding Intractable Upper Abdominal Pain by Noman Ahmed Jang Khan, Saba Waseem, Saad Ullah, Hassan Mehmood

“…She underwent frequent physical therapies, treated with multiple muscle relaxants and analgesics with minimal improvement. …”
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