Motivators and barriers for rural community preceptors in teaching: A qualitative study.

Purpose: Increasing challenges in recruiting and retaining community-based teaching physicians (e.g., community preceptors) call for a better understanding of motivators and barriers community preceptors perceive in their teaching role.

Differences in lower extremity joint stiffness during drop jump between healthy males and females.

The primary purpose of this study was to examine sex differences in lower extremity joint stiffness during vertical drop jump performance. A secondary purpose was to examine the potential influence of sex on the relationship between joint stiffness and jump performance. Thirty healthy and active individuals performed 15-drop jumps from 30 and 60 cm boxes.

Evaluating a Project Extension for Community Health Outcomes Pediatric Behavioral Health Series in a Rural and Frontier State: An Exploratory Investigation.

Background: Idaho, a predominately rural state, has a high prevalence of mental illness with minimal access to care. Barriers in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric behavioral health disorders could be mitigated with an accessible and effective specialty training program.

Methods: A 10-session Project Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) series was designed to expand provider knowledge about pediatric behavioral health conditions and improve perceived clinical practice skills.

Faculty Development for Community Preceptors: a Narrative Review of the Literature.

Community teaching physicians (i.e., community preceptors) have assumed an important role in medical education.

Stakeholder perceptions of the use of a rapidly deployed modified ECHO to train and prepare healthcare providers for COVID-19.

Background: Innovative approaches to deliver timely information to rural healthcare providers are necessary with the COVID-19 pandemic. Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a telementoring program designed to provide practitioners in rural communities with opportunities to engage in specialty training. We examined participant perceptions of a rapidly deployed, single continuing education session to improve healthcare provider preparedness for COVID-19 in Idaho.

Evaluation of an opioid and addiction treatment tele-education program for healthcare providers in a rural and frontier state.

Objective: To develop and evaluate a relevant and readily accessible post-professional opioid use disorder (OUD) education program for a rural and frontier state.

Design: Observational study.

Setting/participants: Healthcare providers enrolled in Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Idaho Opioid, a tele-mentoring education program.

Effects of a 4-Week Short-Foot Exercise Program on Gait Characteristics in Patients With Stage II Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction.

Context: Clinically, it has been suggested that increased activation of intrinsic foot muscles may alter the demand of extrinsic muscle activity surrounding the ankle joint in patients with stage II posterior tibial tendon dysfunction. However, there is limited empirical evidence supporting this notion.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a 4-week short-foot exercise (SFE) on biomechanical factors in patients with stage II posterior tibial tendon dysfunction.

NON-CONTACT ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT AND LOWER EXTREMITY INJURY RISK PREDICTION USING FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT SCREEN AND KNEE ABDUCTION MOMENT: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL OBSERVATION OF FEMALE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETES.

Background: Modifiable risk factors associated with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are highly debated, yet the incidence rate of ACL injury continues to increase. Measures of movement quality may be an effective method for identifying individuals who are at a high risk of injury.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a movement screen and/or a drop-jump landing (DJL) task identifies female individuals at a higher risk for sustaining non-contact lower extremity (LE) injuries, particularly ACL injuries.

Patient Outcomes Utilizing the Mulligan Concept of Mobilization With Movement to Treat Intercollegiate Patients Diagnosed With Lateral Ankle Sprain: An a Priori Case Series.

Context: While the incidence and reinjury rates of lateral ankle sprain (LAS) continue to persist at high rates across many sporting activities, further exploration of assessment and treatment beyond the traditional ligamentous and strength/proprioceptive model is warranted. Further, assessing and treating both arthrokinematic and osteokinematic changes associated with LAS can provide insight into a more diverse approach to treating ankle pathology.

Objective: To examine the clinical use of the Mulligan Concept mobilization with movement (MWM) while treating patients diagnosed with an acute grade I or II LAS through authentic patient care.

The Decremental Protocol as an Alternative Protocol to Measure Maximal Oxygen Consumption in Athletes.

Purpose: To determine whether a decremental protocol could elicit a higher maximal oxygen consumption (VOmax) than an incremental protocol in trained participants. A secondary aim was to examine whether cardiac-output (Q) and stroke-volume (SV) responses differed between decremental and incremental protocols in this sample.

Methods: Nineteen runners/triathletes were randomized to either the decremental or incremental group.

Mulligan Concept Use and Clinical Profile From the Perspective of American Certified Mulligan Practitioners.

Context: Although randomized controlled trials indicate that the Mulligan Concept (MC) of mobilization with movement can improve pain-free grip strength and pressure pain threshold in patients with lateral epicondylalgia of the elbow, improve ankle dorsiflexion in patients with subacute ankle sprains, and decrease the signs and symptoms of patients with cervicogenic headache, little is known about the clinical application, use, and profile of certified Mulligan practitioners (CMPs) in America.

Objective: To better understand the use and value of applying the MC philosophy in clinical-care environments from the perspective of American CMPs while establishing a clinical profile of a CMP.

Design: Quantitative descriptive design.

Performance outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the National Basketball Association.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of return to play and to quantify the effect on the basketball player's performance after surgical reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Methods: Surgical injuries involving the ACL were queried for a 10-year period (1993-1994 season through 2004-2005 season) from the database maintained by the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standard statistical categories and player efficiency rating (PER), a measure that accounts for positive and negative playing statistics, were calculated to determine the impact of the injury on player performance relative to a matched comparison group.

Physiologic profile of the fitness status of collegiate cheerleaders.

Cheerleading, traditionally considered a nonathletic activity, has evolved into a competitive sport requiring high levels of fitness. Despite the trend of cheerleaders performing increasingly difficult and athletic skills, very little is known about their fitness levels. The purpose of this study was to provide a physiological profile of the fitness status of a squad of collegiate cheerleaders.