Characteristics of US-based physical therapist education programs cited for core faculty deficiencies in 2019-2020.

Introduction: Changes in the accreditation standards of physical therapist education have added new levels of rigor to core faculty qualifications. This study aims to determine if any program characteristics exist that are common to core faculty deficiency citations in the 2019-2020 review cycle. Recently, more than half of all accredited physical therapist education programs (51.

Adherence of stem cell transplant recipients receiving glucocorticoid therapy to an exercise-based rehabilitation program.

The high acuity of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients receiving glucocorticoid (GC) therapy for acute graft vs. host disease (aGVHD) may limit their adherence to an exercise-based rehabilitation program and hence, slow their recovery. To make this determination, the medical records of 59 subacute outpatient stem cell transplant recipients receiving methylprednisolone (MP) were reviewed for demographic, anthropometric and medical information.

Functional performance status of hematopoietic SCT recipients in the sub-acute phase of recovery.

This study assessed the functional capacity of sub-acute SCT recipients using validated physical performance tests, including 6-min walk distance, repeated sit-to-stand time and 50-ft walk time, and compared these outcomes with those reported for a heterogeneous oncology population. The medical records of 80 consecutive sub-acute SCT recipients not receiving corticosteroids were retrospectively reviewed for demographic, medical and anthropometric information, and outcomes for these physical performance tests administered at the time of initial physiotherapy evaluation. Measures of central tendency, 95% confidence intervals, unpaired t-tests and correlation coefficients were calculated using a SPSS statistical package.

Pulmonary rehabilitation improves functional status in oncology patients.

Objective: To determine if participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program improved the functional and physiologic status of oncology patients with chronic symptoms of shortness of breath, fatigue, and/or exercise intolerance.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Comprehensive cancer center.

Negative pressure wound therapy achieved by vacuum-assisted closure: Evaluating the assumptions.

Wounds and the accompanying loss of skin integrity often place a patient at increased risk for disability or death. Billions of dollars are spent each year to treat wounds and the effectiveness of these different treatments is highly variable. Following a 1997 publication describing a new treatment therapy that involved creating negative pressure over the wound, many publications have described the purported mechanism of action by which negative pressure may help wounds heal.