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The PTA Caucus and Florida Physical Therapy Association have launched the #PTA10K Virtual Run to promote the power of being #BetterTogether. The #PTA10K virtual run can be completed any time this summer, and all proceeds will go toward local and national advocacy efforts. Participate as a PT-PTA team, walk it with your students, or crawl the 10K over the course of a couple of days! This is YOUR race at YOUR pace to make a national push for #PTA10K. Your registration fee includes a downloadable bib and a t-shirt. The registration deadline is July 9. Be sure to tag @PTACaucus when sharing your virtual run pictures online.
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Medications: Defining the Role and Responsibility of Physical Therapy Practice
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SCAPTA
SCAPTA is delighted to be partnering with HPA The Catalyst and the North Carolina Chapter of APTA in hosting the LAMP Leadership Course: LAMP 101, a powerful, game-changing leadership course designed for professionals and students. The 2-day course focuses on interactive learning, in a structured program format including meaningful tools for active leadership. The course will be held at Horry Georgetown Technical College, Grand Strand Campus in the Dr. Robert E. Speir, Jr. Healthcare Education Center located at 3501 Pampas Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. Contact Helena Woolslayer with HPA The Catalyst with questions and for additional details (hwoolslayer@cmemanage.com or 877-636-4408 x111). Watch this newsletter for more information about course registration and SCAPTA scholarship opportunities.
| | HEALTH PROMOTION AND WELLNESS |
Sports Medicine Journal
Cold water or ice slurry ingestion during exercise seems to be an effective and practical means to improve endurance exercise performance in the heat. However, transient reductions in sweating appear to decrease the potential for evaporative heat loss from the skin by a magnitude that at least negates the additional internal heat loss as a cold ingested fluid warms up to equilibrate with body temperature; thus explaining equivalent core temperatures during exercise at a fixed heat production irrespective of the ingested fluid temperature.
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
The Neighborhood Atlas, a new tool to help researchers visualize socioeconomic data at the community level is now available. This online platform allows for easily ranking and mapping neighborhoods according to socioeconomic disadvantage.
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PT in Motion
A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that in 2017, an estimated 15 percent of high school students experienced 1 or more concussions, and 6 percent experienced 2 or more. Authors of the study say that's a number higher than some previous estimates, probably because the CDC study includes anonymous self-reports from the students themselves, many of whom may try to hide the injury from coaches and parents.
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PT in Motion
A panel of 4 physical therapists (PTs) with firsthand experience in responding to Hurricane Harvey, the Orlando Pulse mass shooting, the Great White concert fire, and other emergencies agree: PTs and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) have an important role to play in responding to these situations. The problem, they say, is that not everyone fully understands that role — including many PTs and PTAs.
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PT Products Online
Runners experienced a higher impact peak and an increased loading rate while wearing maximal running shoes, which may increase their risk for injuries such as plantar fasciitis and tibial stress fractures, researchers suggest.
In their study, published in The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers in the Functional Orthopedic Research Center of Excellence (FORCE) Lab at Oregon State University — Cascades compared the biomechanics associated with “maximal” and “neutral” running shoes in tests with 15 female runners.
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WDVM-TV
Golfers on the PGA Tour are becoming more and more focused on physical therapy and rehabilitation to ensure the longevity of their careers. The PGA provides on-site trailers for the players to rehab at every tournament.
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Physical Therapy Journal
Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is a constellation of new or worsening impairments in physical, mental, or cognitive abilities or a combination of these in individuals who have survived critical illness requiring intensive care.
During the first year following critical illness, individuals with PICS experienced physical impairments in all 3 domains of the ICF.
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PT in Motion
The power of physical therapy to help prevent people from starting opioid use has been well-documented, but work now being done by physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) is showing that the profession also has an important role to play in the lives of those recovering from addiction. And that role has everything to do with applying the knowledge and skills PTs and PTAs already possess.
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WebPT
To say that the healthcare industry is complex would be an understatement. While the advent of technology has made care more precise, efficient, and collaborative than ever before, it has also put greater pressure on providers to deliver high-value care at scale. After all, big data makes it possible to not only develop the most effective, evidence-based best practices for individual diagnoses, but also form evidence-based strategies for managing the health of populations.
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