Publications by authors named "Mary Beth Mandich"
Background: Mobile upright PET devices have the potential to enable previously impossible neuroimaging studies. Currently available options are imagers with deep brain coverage that severely limit head/body movements or imagers with upright/motion enabling properties that are limited to only covering the brain surface.
Methods: In this study, we test the feasibility of an upright, motion-compatible brain imager, our Ambulatory Motion-enabling Positron Emission Tomography (AMPET) helmet prototype, for use as a neuroscience tool by replicating a variant of a published PET/fMRI study of the neurocorrelates of human walking.
Background And Purpose: Participating in global health care through international clinical education may enhance the development of cultural competence and professionalism. Many logistical issues need to be resolved in the development of international clinical education experiences that meet program requirements. The purpose of this case report is to describe how a university developed such an experience for students by partnering with Amizade Global Service-Learning (Amizade), an organization that facilitates global learning experiences.
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- Scientists are creating a wearable PET scanner, called Helmet_PET, that lets people move around while getting their brains scanned.
- The device was made with lightweight detectors and tested on brain models and four volunteers to see how well it works.
- They found that it can take good pictures of the brain with less radiation than traditional methods, even when the person is moving their head.
Non-invasive serial casting to treat idiopathic toe walking in an 18-month old child.
NeuroRehabilitation
October 2014
Background: Idiopathic toe walking is characterized by persistent toe walking in the absence of clinically diagnosed neuromuscular disease. Treatment options in children diagnosed with idiopathic toe walking include: observation, physical therapy, serial casting, or Achilles tendon (heel cord) lengthening surgery.
Objective: In this case report, we present a non-invasive serial casting protocol to treat severe and persistent toe walking in an 18-month old child, diagnosed as an idiopathic toe walker following neurological examination.
Distance education has been used in health professional education programs to provide continuing and advanced education. Distance education in physical therapy has been limited. This article describes the use of distance education methods to deliver a transitional bachelor's degree to master's degree program for a cohort of two classes of physical therapy students.
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