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Adaptive Equipment in Pediatric Physical and Occupational Therapy(Post)
2.8 million children in the United States have disabilities that require special assistance. From sitting in desks and chairs to riding on school buses, kids with special needs need support to allow ...
Introduction to the Spitfire Scout 3 Wheel Mobility Scooter(Post)When a patient suffers from permanent or deteriorating balance and mobility issues, the goals of maintaining independence and participating in daily activities are still possible provided the ...
How Physical Therapy Can Help Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease(Post)Right now, more than 5 million people are living with Alzheimer’s, with it being the 6th leading cause of death in the United States. That means a person develops Alzheimer’s every 66 seconds and ...
How Intensive Physical Therapy Increases Arm Function In Stroke Patients(Post)A stroke is what is called a "brain attack". Strokes are insidious because they happen at any time. When a person suffers a stroke, blood flow to an area of brain is cut off. Depriving the brain cell ...
What are Monofilaments Used For?(Post)Diabetes is an epidemic. A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the number of Americans with diabetes continues to rise, with over 12% of the adult po ...
Handheld Dynamometers in Clinical Practice(Post)In clinical practice, we need reliable measures of muscle strength to determine mobility and self-care ability within certain patient populations. For example, when you’re treating someone with ...
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 ...
Physical Therapy for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy(Post)Peripheral neuropathy is a condition that occurs when there is damage to the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system is the network that helps transmit information between the centra ...
What Muscle Groups are Most Likely to Become Tight? And How to Effectively Stretch them!(Post)In years gone by it was mostly acknowledged that middle aged and older folks were the ones who were primarily going to experience muscle tightness and a loss of joint range of motion (flexibilit ...
Three Weight Loss Myths(Post)Today’s culture has created an environment where everything is expected to be easy and instant. The pursuit of immediate gratification has so permeated our society that patience, hard-work, and endu ...
Happy National Physical Therapy Month! (Post)National Physical Therapy Month (NPTM) is a commemoration held each October by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). NPTM is designed to recognize the impact that physical therapists an ...
The Reliability of Handheld Dynamometry Measurements(Post)Both handheld dynamometry (HHD) muscle testing and manual muscle testing (MMT) are considered acceptable methods for measuring muscle strength with the validity of both correlating well with e ...
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