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Purdue Pegboard Manipulation and Manual Dexterity Test(Post)
When I first saw a pegboard test I was reminded of a game I played as a child. But what looks like a game is actually a very effective tool for measuring manual dexterity. A study published in ...
Grip Strength Norms using the Lafayette Hand Dynamometer(Post)Hand dynamometers are particularly useful for measuring change in grip strength over time. For example, tracking a person’s grip strength over the course of an illness or recovery from an injury ...
Activities of Daily Living Made Easier: Essential Products That Support Independence at Home(Post)Maintaining independence at home matters at every age—but it becomes especially important as we get older, recover from injury, or manage chronic conditions. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)&m ...
Therapeutic Ultrasound & It’s Uses(Post)Therapeutic ultrasound is one of the most popular modalities in physical therapy due to its ease of use, applications for multiple issues and time efficiency. Research has shown ultrasound therapy de ...
Manual Therapy Techniques: the Uses and Distinctions(Post)“I need a massage”, or “I need my back cracked.” These are two of the most repeated phrases we hear in rehabilitation. While patients may be correct in their need for bodywork, it’s important ...
How to Treat Achilles Tendinopathy with Physical Therapy(Post)The Achilles tendon is the strongest and thickest tendon in the body and can withstand a load stress of almost four times an individual's body weight when he is walking. When running, the load str ...
Handheld Dynamometers and Manual Muscle Testing(Post)Monitoring muscle strength is one of the ways physical therapists and other healthcare practitioners can objectively assess overall health. The best tool for accurately evaluating muscle strength are ...
Some Unique Anatomical Features of our Hand that Enhance our Ability to Grip and Hold Objects (Post)We have found that people are often interested to learn of the various anatomical features unique to the hand that enhance a human’s ability to grasp and hold on to things. This ability to firmly ...
Treating musicians with Physical Therapy(Post)How physical therapy can help symptoms associated with playing musical instrumentsMusicians are a population in physical therapy that don’t get much coverage. Their injuries may not come from the som ...
Everyday Uses for Neuromuscular Stimulation(Post)For many years, neuromuscular stimulation was used solely by healthcare professionals such as physical therapists for treating patient’s injuries. Athletes have now discovered the benefi ...
How to Use Cold Therapy across Diverse Patient Populations(Post)When faced with a choice of heat or ice, most patients, when they are at home, will choose heat. It feels better, more soothing, than say the sometimes shock of an ice pack. However, in most cases, ...
The Best Handheld Dynamometers(Post)Measuring hand strength and manual muscle testing helps identify deficits after local injury as well as providing information on a patient’s overall strength and health. The best way to measure hand ...