Promote pressure ulcer healing in individuals with spinal cord injury using an individualized cyclic pressure-relief protocol.

Objective: To evaluate whether an individualized cyclic pressure-relief protocol accelerates wound healing in wheelchair users with established pressure ulcers (PrUs).

Design: Randomized controlled study.

Setting: Spinal cord injury clinics.

Inter-rater reliability of three musculoskeletal physical examination techniques used to assess motion in three planes while standing.

Objective: The objective of the study was to measure the reliability between examiners of 3 basic maneuvers of the Total Body Functional Profile physical examination test. The hypothesis was musculoskeletal health care providers of different disciplines could reliably use the 3 basic maneuvers as part of the musculoskeletal physical examination.

Design: A prospective observational study was conducted.

Clinical presentation of patients with symptomatic anterior hip impingement.

Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is considered a cause of labrochondral disease and secondary osteoarthritis. Nevertheless, the clinical syndrome associated with FAI is not fully characterized. We determined the clinical history, functional status, activity status, and physical examination findings that characterize FAI.