A regular stretching exercise program performed for four weeks can decrease neck and shoulder pain and improve neck function and quality of life for office workers who have chronic moderate-to-severe neck or shoulder pain.

Creative art therapy combined with conventional physical therapy can significantly decrease depression, improve physical functions and increase quality of life compared with physical therapy alone.

Objective: To determine whether adding a parent training program utilizing the Developmental Individual-difference Relationship-based (DIR/Floortime®) approach for children with developmental disabilities can improve their capacities for attention and initiation. Methods: Forty-eight pairs of parents and their preschool children with developmental disabilities were randomly assigned to three 1-hour one on one DIR/Floortime® parent training sessions during a 4-month period or to a control group. Results: Between-group comparison demonstrated a significant difference in favor of the intervention group for attention (F(1, 46) = 34.52, p = .031, ph 2 = .099) and initiation composite scores (F(1, 46) = 6.55, p = .014, ph 2 = .127). Effect sizes were medium to large for the attention composite score (Cohen's d = .526) and initiation composite score (Cohen's d = .653) respectively. Conclusion: Adding a modest home-based DIR/Floortime® parent training approach may yield clinically meaningful improvements in attention and initiation for children with a range of developmental challenges.