Using an academic-community partnership model to deliver evidence-based falls prevention programs in a metropolitan setting: A community case study.

Background: Prevention is an effective approach for mitigating the negative health outcomes associated with falls in older adults. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has sponsored the implementation of evidence-based falls prevention programs (EBFPPs) across the United States through cooperative agreement grants to decrease the health and economic burden of falls. Marymount University received two of these grants to deliver three EBFPPs into the northern Virginia region.

Altered trunk position sense and its relation to balance functions in people post-stroke.

Objective: To determine whether trunk position sense is impaired in people with poststroke hemiparesis.

Background: Good trunk stability is essential for balance and extremity use during daily functional activities and higher level tasks. Dynamic stability of the trunk requires adequate flexibility, muscle strength, neural control, and proprioception.

A survey of therapeutic ultrasound use by physical therapists who are orthopaedic certified specialists.

Background And Purpose: For many years, ultrasound (US) has been a widely used and well-accepted physical therapy modality for the management of musculoskeletal conditions. However, there is a lack of scientific evidence on its effectiveness. This study examined the opinions of physical therapists with advanced competency in orthopedics about the use and perceived clinical importance of US in managing commonly encountered orthopedic impairments.