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Association of sleep duration in middle and old age with incidence of dementia
Nature Communications
Sleep dysregulation is a feature of dementia but it remains unclear whether sleep duration prior to old age is associated with dementia incidence. Using data from 7959 participants of the Whitehall II study, we examined the association between sleep duration and incidence of dementia (521 diagnosed cases) using a 25-year follow-up.
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Intermittent fasting and PT
The Manual Therapist
Fasting, or intentional restriction of food intake, has been around for thousand of years. Much of the roots of fasting comes from religious or spiritual ceremonies; today, fasting is often done for the aspects of improving health and longevity, with some still continuing the religious or spiritual purpose. The data on fasting is robust and doctors of physical therapy (DPTs) need to be aware of the benefits, risks, and the how-to of fasting.
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Podcast: Ebonie Rio on tendon pain
Better Movement
Ebonie Rio is a world-class expert on tendon pain. She completed a PhD and is a post-doc researcher at La Trobe University. Her research has won numerous awards. She's also a sports physiotherapist with significant experience treating professional ballet dancers, athletes and Olympic athletes.
In this episode we talked about how tendons adapt to exercise, how they can degenerate with overuse, why degeneration doesn’t always lead to pain, peripheral versus central factors in tendon pain, and how to treat painful tendons with exercise.
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Mastering data: 8 metrics to grow your clinic
Clinicient
Running a profitable outpatient rehab therapy clinic is the dream for most practice owners. But it is a process that’s much easier said than done.
When it comes to increasing revenue and projecting growth, few activities are as effective as diving into your clinic’s metrics. When used effectively, medical practice reporting tools can provide valuable business insights into what is working well at your clinic, what needs improvement, and what could pave the way for future growth opportunities.
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4 trends revealed in the 2021 state of rehab therapy report
WebPT
Every year, my team surveys the entire rehab therapy industry on a wide array of topics—from business financials to patient volume to job satisfaction—and compiles all of the findings into our annual State of Rehab Therapy report. But this annual report is so much more than a year in review; it also provides a glimpse into the future of the rehab therapy industry. And while we always uncover some fascinating results, this year was unlike any other.
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Rehabilitation of individuals post-stroke
ACP - Accelerated Care Plus
According to the CDC, each year in the United States more than 795,000 people suffer a stroke and it is the leading cause of serious long-term disability. Individuals who suffer a stroke may have muscle weakness throughout the body including muscles of respiration and swallowing. They also may have compromised endurance, poor balance, and increased dependency with mobility and activities of daily living which greatly impact their quality of life.
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Is a positive online presence really necessary for physical therapy providers?
Net Health
You don’t have to go far in today’s business climate to hear a barrage of digital marketing buzzwords about the quality of your online presence. Reputation management…Search Engine Optimization (SEO)…Business Citations…Revenue Funnels.
And while these words certainly sound important, here are the real questions. Is a positive online presence that encompasses these concepts really necessary for physical therapy providers? Or is traditional marketing enough to stay relevant?
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Telehealth use yields successful post-op physical therapy results
mHealthIntelligence
A pilot study conducted by Intermountain Healthcare finds that telehealth can potentially replace in-person visits for post-operative physical therapy.
The study by the Salt Lake City-based health system focused on 51 patients receiving a hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement between 2013 and 2019, who were divided into three different groups for post-op physical therapy.
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