Interprofessional education in an enrichment programme for prospective health sciences students.

Effective and meaningful interprofessional education opportunities for prospective health sciences students are important to prepare students for the work environment they will encounter after training. This article briefly describes the Summer Academic Enrichment Program, a programme for students pursuing entry to dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and physical therapy schools. The programme evaluation includes investigation of the programme's effectiveness to impact attitudes towards interprofessional teams and collaboration.

Characterizing effects of mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder on balance impairments in blast-exposed servicemembers and Veterans using computerized posturography.

The high rate of blast exposures experienced by U.S. servicemembers (SMs) during the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan has resulted in frequent combat-related mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs).

Reliability of stationary dynamometer muscle strength testing in community-dwelling older adults.

Objectives: To determine the 1-week test-retest reliability of stationary dynamometer scores in the measurement of muscle strength in older adults and to determine the reliability of composite scores obtained by combining right and left lower limb strength scores for each muscle group.

Design: In separate sessions, 1 therapist performed repeated measurements of muscle force production.

Setting: Outpatient physical therapy clinic of a large teaching hospital.

The individualized treatment of a patient with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

The purpose of this case report is to describe the evaluation and treatment of a patient with vertigo. The patient was a 32-year-old male carpenter with a 17-year history of episodic vertigo that occurred when his neck was in the extended position while positioned supine and during walking. His medical and physical therapy evaluative findings were consistent with a diagnosis of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Test-retest reliability of the sensory organization test in noninstitutionalized older adults.

The purpose of this study was to determine the 1-week test-retest reliability of the Sensory Organization Test (SOT), using computer-generated scores and loss of balance (LOB) episodes in noninstitutionalized older adults. The SOT was administered to each subject on two separate days 1 week apart in an out-patient clinic. A volunteer sample of 40 individuals who were at least 65 years of age participated in this study.