PTNarrative ReviewJournal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT2017

Multifractality, Interactivity, and the Adaptive Capacity of the Human Movement System: A Perspective for Advancing the Conceptual Basis of Neurologic Physical Therapy.

James T Cavanaugh, Damian G Kelty-Stephen, Nicholas Stergiou

PMID 28834791

WHAT IT FOUND

This perspective argues that adaptive capacity may be linked to complex, multiscale patterns of movement variability.

It does not test that idea, so it offers no evidence to change patient care.

What this paper is

This is a perspective article proposing that multifractality could help neurologic physical therapists think about adaptive capacity and movement variability. It explains concepts and references other studies, but it does not report original methods or results, so there is no finding here to change practice on.

The easy way to misread this

Do not read the proposed multifractal interventions as tested treatment options. The article is conceptual and reports no outcome data.

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