Manipulative Therapy

Synopses
Synopsis One
The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy writers begins their article with an abstract. The abstract summarizes the critical parts of the articles related to cranial nerve examination in clinical practice. The paper proceeds to examine neurological examination in the musculoskeletal and its importance as an essential practice in clinical practice. The examination allows healthcare practitioners to examine and determine the presence of cranial nerve dysfunction and make appropriate clinical decisions based on the established findings (Taylor et al., 2021). The paper also discusses cranial nerves, what they are, their functions, and reasons why clinical practitioners should test them. This is represented alongside the step-by-step approach of testing the cranial nerves. Testing covers the olfactory nerve, vestibulocochlear, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial nerve, vagus nerve, and other nerves (Taylor et al., 2021). the article then concludes with a summary of the importance of neurological examinations and why physiotherapists should do the examination. Finally, the article lists the sources used for the article, and the appendix lists the key terms used and their definitions.
Synopsis Two
Lois J. Loescher et al. (2018), the writers of the article on skin cancer, explored the many characteristics of the disease, including detection approach and knowledge, lesion detection, clinical skin examination, and training. The article starts with an introduction that poses that skin cancer is the most common malignancy in the United States and significant concern about how early detection can reduce the public burden (Loescher et al., 2018). Further, the article proceeds to cover methods used to obtain the research data, including online materials such as Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov, and other online sources. These sources helped reveal the current trend concerning the early detection of the disease. Due to the current limitations of testing and detection, the writers explore the barriers to skin disease examination and the need for skin cancer detection training among healthcare professionals. The research concludes by exploring the main points from the research and other findings relevant to the current study (Loescher et al., 2018). Also, based on the results, the author emphasizes the need for improved and ongoing skin cancer training opportunities for advanced practice nurses. This is including a suggestion that research now needs to move beyond case studies and descriptive and single-subject experiments to experimental designs to determine the efficacy of interventions and training and then to dissemination and
implementation of trials. The article also suggests multi-institutional or organizational collaboration among expert nurse scientists and practitioners would enhance the success of these studies. The research finally lists all the relevant sources used in the study.
 
References
Loescher, L. J., Stratton, D., Slebodnik, M., & Goodman, H. (2018). A systematic review of advanced practice nurses’ skin cancer detection knowledge and attitudes, clinical skin examination, lesion detection, and training. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30(1), 43–58. https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000000004
Taylor, A., Mourad, F., Kerry, R., & Hutting, N. (2021). A guide to cranial nerve testing for musculoskeletal clinicians. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 29(6), 376–390. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2021.1937813