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Improving outpatient physical therapy
Outpatient physical therapy loses effectiveness due to long wait times in between clinical visits. PT Helper is a system designed to combat this disadvantage in three ways. PT Helper increases the effectiveness of the patient-clinician interview conducted at the beginning of each clinical visit by …
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Perceptions of Physical Therapy Faculty on the Inclusion of Spirituality in Physical Therapy Education
<p>Problem</p> <p>The physical therapy profession currently does not require the integration of spirituality in patient care in the physical therapy curriculum, and it is unclear how physical therapy faculty and practitioners view its inclusion. There is limited research literature on the …
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The Role of the Academic Physical Therapy Department Chair as Perceived by Physical Therapy Teaching Faculty and Chairs
… responsibilities, and characteristics o f the physical therapy department chair as perceived by physical therapy unit administrators and teaching faculty in accredited, entry-level physical therapy programs.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>The research population consisted o f current administrators and …
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Patient participation in physical therapy goal-setting
… An important part of treatment planning in physical therapy is effective goal-setting. The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice recommends that therapists identify the patient’s goals and objectives during the initial evaluation as a way to maximize treatment outcomes. The purpose of this …
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Patterns of Scholarly Productivity in Physical Therapy Faculty
… to the proliferation of entry-level doctorate physical therapy programs (DPT), there are two important qualifications for current physical therapy educators: 1) they should hold academic doctorate degrees and 2) they need to conduct scholarly activity, such as research, to increase the …
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The Role of Health Promotion in Physical Therapy
… purpose of this study was to investigate physical therapy practice patterns in four focus areas of Healthy People 2010 (focus area #6, disability and secondary conditions by looking at psychological well-being; focus area #19, nutrition and overweight; focus area #22, physical fitness and …
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Self-regulated Learning in Doctor of Physical Therapy Students
… education population, specifically for Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students. Participants included 232 DPT students from a large, research-intensive university in the mid-Atlantic region. The Self-directed Learning Readiness Survey for Nursing Education (SDLRSNE) (Fisher, King, & Tague, 2001) …
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Assessing physical therapy outcomes for women with urinary incontinence
… this study was to 1) determine the efficacy of physical therapy interventions to reduce pelvic symptoms and improve health-related quality of life and global impression of improvement in women with urinary incontinence; 2) determine the relationship between selected patient-related …
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Efficiency in the Physical Therapy Clinic: Traditional vs Computerized Documentation
… 1) to determine whether efficiency in a physical therapy setting was increased by the use of computerized documentation and 2) to determine general perceptions of staff members who utilized computerized documentation. Traditional (hand-written) and computerized documentation were observed …
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Entry-Level Physical Therapy Students' Knowledge and Attitudes of Nutrition
<p>Like other allied health fields, physical therapy has incorporated health promotion as a part of their practice. A large and important component of health promotion is nutrition. Little research has been conducted on the knowledge and attitudes of nutrition in physical therapists and has only …
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Predicting intentions of physical therapy students to practice primary prevention
<p>Physical therapy (PT) has traditionally been a hands-on, tertiary-care field. Although the American Physical Therapy Association has mandated a broader perspective, little primary prevention is yet being reported in the U. S. An attitude change toward prevention must occur if physical therapists …
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Physical Therapy after Triangular Fibrocartilage Injuries and Ulnar Wrist Pain
… (ICF) Core Set for Hand Conditions to the physical therapy outcome measures, and to evaluate the contribution of these measures to overall health in subjects with ulnar wrist pain. A secondary purpose was to investigate the effect of wrist orthotics and strengthening exercise on subjects …
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Co-diagnosis Frequency of Peripheral Vestibular Disorders and Physical Therapy
… vertigo (BPPV) and vestibular hypofunction (VH). Physical therapy (PT) is an effective component of the medical management for both conditions. The occurrence rate of concurrent BPPV and VH in the same patient has not been described in the literature. Identifying patients with co-diagnosis of BPPV …
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The Utilization of the Movement System in Pediatric Physical Therapy Education
In 2013, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) named the movement system (MS) as the core of physical therapy (PT) practice, education, and research. The MS is a framework guiding how physical therapists approach patient/client care and is considered a paradigm shift within the …
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Factors Influencing Utilization of Physical Therapy by Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
… idiopathic and its course unpredictable, both in physical and emotional manifestations. Physical therapists can be utilized to assist MS patients in a variety of ways, including educating patients on how to perform more efficient functional activities, helping to control symptoms, and setting up a …
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Effectiveness of individualized physical therapy in treating subjects with neck pain
There is sparse scientific evidence in support of physical therapy for patients with neck dysfunction. Clinical studies investigating treatment effectiveness of neck pain have come under criticism for their unclear or nonstandardized treatment protocols, insensitive outcome measures, and …
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Virtual Reality Gaming as a Tool for Rehabilitation in Physical Therapy
… to use the WBB under the supervision of a physical therapist; pre‐post testing was completed by two additional physical therapist that were blinded to the randomized groupings. The WBB exercises included lunges, single leg extensions and twist with a warm up and cool down before and after …
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