Background The treatment of chronic sciatica caused by herniation of a lumbar disk has not
been well studied in comparison with acute disk herniation. Data are needed on whether …

Prescriptive clinical prediction rules (CPRs) are a way of using a small selection of clinical
findings to match patients to optimal interventions. A number of CPRs have been developed …

Study Design Randomized controlled trial. Objectives To examine the efficacy of exercise
intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), as directed by Mechanical Diagnosis and …

Study Design: Systematic Literature Review. Background: The McKenzie Method (MDT) is a
comprehensive conservative approach commonly used for the management of low back …

Background Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) is used in the treatment of extremity
problems. Classifying clinical problems is one method of providing effective treatment to a …

Background Classification of patients with extremity problems is commonly based on patho-anatomical
diagnoses, but problems exist regarding reliability and validity of the tests and …

Objectives To investigate the proportion of patients that present with isolated extremity pain
who have a spinal source of symptoms and evaluate the response to spinal intervention. …

Background A recent randomized controlled trial (RCT), performed by the authors, comparing
early surgical microdiscectomy with 6 months of nonoperative care for chronic lumbar …

Objective: To investigate the inter-examiner reliability of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy
(MDT)-trained diplomats in classifying patients with shoulder disorders. The MDT system …

Objectives: The primary objective was to determine if the pain and function response to the
McKenzie system of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) differs by MDT classification …