Using Music Therapy to Improve Upper-Limb Function
A study, published in the European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, concludes that music therapy can improve upper body...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Treating Foot Drop
In an article by Uzo Igwegbe, PT, MPT that appears in Physical Therapy Products, he explains how ankle foot orthotics (AFOs) and...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Advances in Gait Technology
Writing for Physical Therapy Products, Mollie Hope, PT, DPT, CBIS, and Abby Albers, SPT provide an overview of how a "team of specialized...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Opioids Don't Improve Quality of Life
The APTA reports on a study published in Health Services Research that "for individuals with chronic non-cancer pain, opioids probably...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
New Treatment for Cerebral Palsy
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School found non-invasive brain stimulation could be a...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Foreign Accent Syndrome
Professors at Arizona Stat University have been closely following the case of a women, Michelle Myers, who woke up one morning in 2015...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Startling Side Effect From Too Much Tech
Children are increasingly finding it hard to hold pens and pencils because of an excessive use of technology, senior paediatric doctors...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Treating Migraines with Physical Therapy
Director of Rehabilitation Services at Lancaster Neuroscience and Spine Associates, Jeffrey A. Bole, says many headaches are a result of...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Physical Therapy Used To Treat Incontinence
According to the U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 80% of women who suffer from incontinence can be successfully treated...
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Sep 23, 20223 min
Navigating the Post Therapy Cap World
The APTA has issued five guidelines that therapy practitioners should be aware of now that the cap has been eliminated. Below are the...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Tracking Stroke Recovery
A bandage-like sensor applied to the throat of a recovering stroke victim measures important rehabilitation data. For example, the band...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
ROM Improved by Exercise
Medscape reports that Lymphedema Education and Prevention study suggests that "women who are taught a series of exercises aimed at...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Medicare Cap Repeal
On February 9th, the United States Congress fully repealed the Medicare Cap. In a post on their website, the APTA fully explains what...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
AAOS Supports PT for New AUC for Hip Therapy
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) recently published a media release that strongly recommends "the use of pre-surgical...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
A New Book Attempts to Debunk the Back Pain Industry's Standard Treatment Procedures
A new book by investigative journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, “Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Rxercising to Achieve Health Goal
Rxercise (pronounced R-exercise) uses a team approach with other health professionals, physical therapists and nutritionists to achieve...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Can Exoskeletons be the Next Advance in Physical Therapy
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are developing a machine learning algorithm that enables an exoskeleton to...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Yoga for Lower Back Pain
A new study says yoga may work as well or better than physical therapy for chronic lower back pain. Adults with an average age of 46 with...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Medicare Physical Therapy Cap Detrimental to Care
On September 21, 2011, Justin Moore, APTA vice president, Government and Payment Advocacy testified before Congress on the effect that...
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Sep 23, 20221 min
Medicare Physical Therapy Cap Detrimental to Care
On September 21, 2011, Justin Moore, APTA vice president, Government and Payment Advocacy testified before Congress on the effect that...
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