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SCAPTA's Annual Conference that will be taking place May 6-7, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina and MUSC. Registration is now available, click here for more conference information and registration.
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Save the date for SCAPTA's PT day that will be taking place March 1, 2016. More details will be coming soon, including events and volunteer opportunities.
Today in PT
Patients recovering from hip fractures who receive an extra hour per week of rehabilitation therapy in short-term nursing care facilities have better long-term outcomes than those who receive less rehab, according to a new study. The research, led by an investigator with Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, suggests policymakers should consider the value of rehabilitation centers against potential spending reductions.
In the study, published Jan. 1 in the journal Physical Therapy, investigators found a roughly 3 percent increase in the likelihood of discharge home from skilled nursing facilities among patients who received an additional hour of therapy per week.
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Physical Therapy Products
In many physical therapy practice settings, discharge planning occurs as the initial evaluation is being done. With inpatients recovering from surgery or illness, focus is given to planning for equipment and support that will be needed. Additionally, discharge destination needs to determine whether the home is an appropriate destination or if short-term rehab may be required. In the outpatient setting, discharge goals include return to full play for an athlete, resuming functional activities, and returning to work.
If we broaden the reach of the physical therapist, how can we help employers utilize this planning process to improve their return-to-work process, reduce lost time, decrease employee frustration, and cut costs?
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Medical News Today
It's been nearly a decade since Western University researchers reported that arthroscopic knee surgery provides no additional benefit compared to optimized physical and medical therapy among sufferers of osteoarthritis and yet the surgery is still routinely performed internationally.
Now the investigative team from Western's Bone and Joint Institute is hoping their latest study, which analyzes the cost-effectiveness of the procedure, will make a broader impact on the health care community given its implications on the value of treatments for the more than 250 million people worldwide affected by knee osteoarthritis.
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Healio
As year-round participation in youth sports continues to increase, health care practitioners treating child and adolescent athletes will commonly see injuries that are secondary to overuse. Starting with a clinical vignette, this article describes proximal humeral physeal injuries in youth throwers, examines causative factors, reviews common therapeutic modalities, and focuses on preventive measures aimed at reducing such cumulative arm overuse injuries.
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Physical Therapy Products
A recent study using a "virtual bone biopsy" suggests that individuals with type 2 diabetes may have structural defects within their bones, which could weaken them.
University of Southampton scientists created the "virtual bone biopsy" using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography. This enabled them to assess bone structure and strength at a microstructural level in living patients.
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PT in Motion
Could a 22-inch robot help children with disabilities improve mobility — and, in turn, overall development? A team of researchers that includes a physical therapist is hoping to find out.
An interdisciplinary team from the University of Delaware that includes Cole Galloway, PT, Ph.D., recently received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to pursue a project they're calling GEAR — Grounded Early Adaptive Rehabilitation. The idea behind GEAR is to program a commercially available robot to serve as a kind of cheerleader, monitor, and coach for children with motor disabilities. The researchers hope to develop a robot that not only can encourage these children to engage in certain activities, but can learn and adapt to each child's movement patterns, and provide customized lessons that fit individual needs.
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Medscape
Patients with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease don't appear to benefit much from physical therapy or occupational therapy, a new study shows.
The study, comparing PT and OT with no therapy, showed that these interventions were not associated with clinically meaningful improvements in activities of daily living or quality of life. Researchers may have failed to find an effect because the therapy wasn't intense enough or didn't continue for long enough, said lead study author, Carl E. Clarke, M.D.
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