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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2020 Jul-Sep;43(3):159–169. doi: 10.1519/JPT.0000000000000235

Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
Study Design
  • Randomized-controlled trial; parallel or crossover studies

  • No reviews, observational (non-randomized), case series, single case, or retrospective designs

Population
  • Studies in people aged 60 and older

  • Studies in people diagnosed with dementia of any type or severity

  • No “healthy” or general populations

Intervention
  • Intervention was provided by a physical therapist

  • Intervention included a pain management strategy such as manual therapy, modalities, or exercise

  • No complex interventions where effect of physical therapist-delivered intervention could not be determined

Outcome
  • Pain outcome measure obtained before and after intervention

  • Pain outcome could include self-report, observational, or interactive measure

Limits
  • Peer-reviewed

  • Published in English

  • No abstracts or conference proceedings