Result: A network meta-analysis shows that combining platelet-rich plasma with hyaluronic acid offers superior pain relief and functional improvement for knee osteoarthritis compared to PRP alone or other combinations.

Result: A meta-analysis shows intra-articular platelet-rich plasma improves pain and function more than hyaluronic acid in knee osteoarthritis, especially when using leukocyte-poor formulations in early-stage disease.

Result: A single intra-articular PRP injection provided no statistically significant or clinically meaningful pain relief or functional improvement over saline placebo in thumb base osteoarthritis at six months.

Result: Low-certainty evidence suggests structured exercise rehabilitation may reduce kinesiophobia and improve knee function after total knee arthroplasty, though substantial study heterogeneity warrants clinical caution.

Result: Researchers successfully adapted the APTA Geriatrics osteoporosis guideline for German-speaking clinicians, establishing standardized, evidence-based physical therapy recommendations for bone health and fall prevention.

Result: This meta-analysis shows that Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or PM&R modalities (traction, exercise, and spinal manipulation) offer substantial short-term relief for lumbar disc herniation, though long-term subgroup benefits remain uncertain due to study heterogeneity.

Result: Adding supine mechanical traction to standard physical therapy may yield short-term reductions in pain and disability for lumbar radiculopathy, though high-quality evidence supporting its use remains limited.

Result: Ultrasound monitoring shows that ICU patients lose quadriceps muscle mass rapidly, especially during the first 2–3 weeks, emphasizing the critical window for early physical medicine interventions.

Result: While dynamometric trunk tests are common, learning effects limit their value for tracking progress; the simple Biering-Sørensen endurance test offers superior diagnostic accuracy and reliability.

Result: In long-term ICU patients, neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) applied to the knee extensors for four weeks helped reverse muscle wasting, showing a 4.9% increase in muscle thickness.