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PT in Motion
Results of a new systematic review and meta-analysis point to stronger evidence that when it comes to acute hamstring injuries, rehabilitation exercises work—and platelet-rich plasma injections don't.
The study, which updated an earlier review published in 2012, analyzed 10 randomized clinical trials — 6 of which were new since the previous publication — that focused on conservative interventions for acute hamstring injuries. A total of 526 participants were included in the trials with an average age of 20. All participants had some connection to sports, and most were male.
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SCAPTA
Date: Thursday, Aug. 6
5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Revelry Brewing Company. 10 Conroy St. Charleston, SC
Presented By: MUSC Class of 2017 and SCAPTA, in association with PT Pub Night
RSVP: by August 1 to Kenneth felderko@musc.edu
SCAPTA
Held by the South Carolina chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association (SCAPTA) to celebrate October National Physical Therapy Month and benefitting SCAPTA and partial proceeds towards Charleston's Achieving Wheelchair Equality (AWE).
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015
9:00 a.m.
James Island County Park in Charleston, S.C.
Achieving Wheelchair Equality is a Charleston, S.C., organization that serves the wheelchair using community and mobility impaired population in order to become involved, productive members. They educate and increase awareness to others about accessible resources in our environment for those with mobility impairments whether it be with daily activities with peer support and direct services including building ramps or in participation in recreational activities such as the Lowcountry Wheelchair Sports including and not limited to basketball, tennis, racing with hand cycling, swimming, triathletes, and more!
Watch this page for more information regarding sponsorship opportunities and registration.
SCAPTA
 Section on Pediatrics Annual Conference (SoPAC) will be held Nov. 6–8, 2015, at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Four pre-conference courses will be held November 4-5. The 2015 SoPAC theme is: "Convergence of Knowledge and Research into Practice." SoPAC includes 18 hours of all-pediatric programming with concurrent sessions from all pediatric practice areas. The SoPAC Schedule-At-A-Glance and registration information can be accessed at www.sopac.us.
PT in Motion
We're not quite in Iron Man territory yet, but new developments in mobility assistance through robotics have been occurring at a fairly fast clip over the spring and summer of 2015, and financial forecasters expect the rehabilitation technology market to take off over the next 5 years.
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Outpatient Surgery
Rehabilitation via video conferencing may be a viable alternative to in-person physical therapy following total knee replacement surgery, a new study suggests.
The study, which appeared in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, compared the outcomes of 205 total knee replacement surgery patients who received either in-person physical therapy or the same instructions via an interactive video teleconference — or "telerehabilitation" — following their discharges.
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USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
The pain was excruciating, says Barbara Fried of the time she tore her rotator cuff. While the two were sailing through particularly rough seas, a banister slammed into Barbara's shoulder, leaving her bent over double in agony. Both procedures failed — a common occurrence in older adults in which an estimated 45 percent of rotator cuff surgeries fail, according to a 2013 Orthopaedic Practice article written by Dr. David Luedeka and Dr. Lori Michener, a newly appointed professor of clinical physical therapy at the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy. Luedeka's and Michener's approach to physical therapy treatment for patients with injured rotator cuffs involves having the patient go through a phased 18-month strengthening program. Her physical therapy success story led Fried to donate $463,066 to fund a two-year grant for Michener's continued research on a pilot study for implementing the closed-chain stabilization approach for treating rotator cuff tears. The research will take place in the Clinical Biomechanics Orthopedics and Sports Outcome Research lab, of which Michener is the director.
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WebPT
As a private practice physical therapy provider, you've made — and have yet to make — a number of decisions. Some of these decisions are easy; others, maybe not so much. For example, choosing which ice cream flavor to eat on a Friday afternoon might prove to be one of the toughest calls you have to make in your career. But no matter how hard the decision might seem, you don't need to be afraid to pick a stance: You just need to do some research.
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Today in PT
New research suggests damage to the fatty sheaths around the brain's nerve fibers — not injury severity — might explain why some youngsters bounce back quickly from a traumatic brain injury while others suffer side effects for years.
A study conducted by researchers at UCLA and the University of Southern California identified possible biomarkers physicians could use to predict higher-risk patients who require closer monitoring.
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PT in Motion
A new study from the Netherlands is lending more support to the value of exercise during the early stages of adjuvant treatment for breast cancer. Researchers say that a combination of supervised strength and aerobic training not only reduces fatigue, but helps patients actually increase muscle fitness during the first 18 weeks of treatment. While researchers had anticipated that fatigue levels would drop for the exercise group, they were surprised to find that the exercise program not only offset the deconditioning effect of chemotherapy and other adjuvant treatments, but actually increased muscle strength.
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Hydroworx
Therapy pools are commonly implemented into many types of facilities: senior living communities, physical therapy clinics, hospitals, sports medicine facilities and team athletic training facilities. The final product typically ends up being the crown jewel of the facility, but there are a lot of details required in order to get there. One of the key pieces to having a great pool room is ensuring the design is optimized for your patients and staff.
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