Should high-power posing be integrated in physical therapy?
Weiqing Ge, Teale K Bennett, Jeremy C Oller
PMID 28533612WHAT IT FOUND
High-power posing did not improve grip strength or pain threshold compared to low-power posing in healthy young adults.
Neither group showed significant change from baseline, and the study found no benefit for the proposed physical therapy intervention.
Key findings
01The data did not show significant benefits of high-power posing in increasing grip strength and pain threshold compared to low-power posing.
02Changes in grip strength and pain threshold were not statistically significant within either group, as all 95% confidence intervals included zero.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for PTs
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What it does not show
The sample was small (31 subjects) and recruited via convenience sampling from a university campus. Participants were all young, healthy volunteers, limiting generalizability to clinical populations with pain or disability. Blinding was not possible, introducing potential subject and investigator bias. The 3-minute duration may have caused discomfort or awkwardness, potentially affecting results.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the statistically significant difference between groups as evidence that high-power posing works. Neither group improved significantly from their own baseline, and the authors explicitly state the data did not show benefits.