Harris LS, Freeman S, Wang YC. Astym® therapy improves FOTO® outcomes for patients with musculoskeletal disorders: an observational study. Ann Transl Med 2019;7(Suppl 7):S251. doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.04.09. To download a PDF of the full text of this study, click here.
Chughtai M, Newman JM, Sultan AA, Samuel LT, Rabin J, Khlopas A, Bhave A, Mont MA. Astym® therapy: a systematic review. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Feb;7(4):70. Doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.11.49. Review. To download a PDF of the full text of this study, click here.
Sevier TL, Stegink-Jansen CW. Astym treatment vs. eccentric exercise for lateral elbow tendinopathy: a randomized controlled clinical trial. PeerJ 2015 3:e967; DOI 10.7717/peerj.967 To download a PDF of the full text of this large, controlled clinical trial, click here.
Kalson NS, Borthwick LA, Mann DA, Deehan DJ, Lewis P, Mann C, Mont MA, Morgan-Jones R, Oussedik S, Williams FM, Toms A, Argenson JN, Bellemans J, Bhave A, Furnes O, Gollwitzer H, Haddad FS, Hofmann S, & Krenn V. International consensus on the definition and classification of fibrosis of the knee joint. Bone Joint J, 2016 98-B(11),1479-1488. Accessed December 14, 2016. To view the abstract of this study, click here.
McGinn T, Chughtai M, Bhave A, Ali O, Mudaliar P, Khlopas A, Harwin SF, Mont MA. Innovative Multi-Modal Physical Therapy Reduces Incidence of Manipulation Under Anesthesia (MUA) in Non-Obese Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. Surg Technol Int. 2016 Sep 10;XXIX. pii: sti29/764. To view the abstract of this study, click here.
Bhave A, Corcoran J, Cherian JJ, Mont, MA. Astym Therapy for the Management of Recalcitrant Knee Joint Stiffness after Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2016 vol. 26(2) pp. 151-159. To view the abstract of this study, click here.
Chughtai M, McGinn T, Bhave A, Khan S, Vashist M, Khlopas A, Mont MA. Innovative Multimodal Physical Therapy Reduces Incidence of Repeat Manipulation under Anesthesia in Post-Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients Who Had an Initial Manipulation under Anesthesia. J Knee Surg. 2016 Sep 21. To view the abstract of this study, click here.
Bhave A, Shabtai L, Woelber E, Apelyan A, Dror P, & Herzenberg JE. Muscle strength and knee range of motion after femoral lengthening. Acta Orthopaedica. 2016 DOI: 10.1080/17453674.2016.1262678. To download a PDF of a full text of this study, click here.
Scheer NA, Alstat LR, Van Zant RS. Astym Therapy Improves Bilateral Hamstring Flexibility and Achilles Tendinopathy in a Child with Cerebral Palsy: A Retrospective Case Report. Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports 2016:9 95-98 doi:10.4137/CCRep.S40623. To download a PDF of the full text of this study, click here.
Miller MM, Ray JM, Van Zant RS. The Effects of Astym Therapy® on a Child With Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy. Clin Med Insights Case Rep. 2017 Dec 13;10:1179547617746992. doi: 10.1177/1179547617746992. eCollection 2017. To download a PDF of the full text of this study, click here.
Kivlan BR, Carcia CR, Clemente FR, Phelps AL, Martin RL. The effect of Astym® Therapy on muscle strength: a blinded, randomized, clinically controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2015;16(1):325. To download a PDF of the full text of this large, controlled clinical trial, click here.
Chughtai M, Mont MA, Cherian C, Cherian JJ, Elmallah RDK, Naziri Q, Harwin, SF, Bhave A. A Novel, Nonoperative Treatment Demonstrates Success for Stiff Total Knee Arthroplasty after Failure of Conventional Therapy. J Knee Surg; 2015 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print] DOI 10.1055/s-0035-1569482. To view the abstract of this study, click here.
Davies CC, Brockopp D, Moe K. Astym therapy improves function and range of motion following mastectomy. Breast cancer: Targets and Therapy 2016:8 39–4. To download a PDF of the full text of this study, click here.
McCormack JR, Underwood FB, Slaven EJ, Cappaert TA. Eccentric Exercise Versus Eccentric Exercise and Soft Tissue Treatment (Astym) in the Management of Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Sports Health. 2016 Feb 18. pii: 1941738116631498. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26893309. To download a PDF of the full text of this study, click here.
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