Publications by authors named "S J Melnick"

Purpose: Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) education continues to progress with contemporary content and innovative teaching methods. The purpose of this study was to examine clinical assessment data from the Physical Therapist Clinical Performance Instrument (PT-CPI) focused on professionalism and safety in an initial clinical experience between an accelerated-hybrid and traditional DPT program.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on mid-term and final Safety, Professional Behavior, and Communication PT-CPI scores of each program's first clinical experience.

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Background And Objective: Cenobamate is an antiseizure medication (ASM) approved for treatment of focal epilepsy in adults. The objective of this study was to characterize the distribution, metabolism, and excretion of cenobamate in adult and pre- and postnatal rats, including pregnant and lactating females and nursing pups.

Methods: Distribution, metabolic, and excretion profiles were determined for C-labeled and unlabeled cenobamate using liquid scintillation counting, radiochromatography, LCMS, and LCMS/MS after oral or intravenous (IV) administration.

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  • The study aimed to identify and evaluate patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in clinical practice and research for neck pain to help create a core set of valuable measures for patients and clinicians.
  • A comprehensive search of various medical databases yielded 37 systematic reviews from an initial pool of 7,003 articles, analyzing common physical therapy interventions for neck pain that included at least one PROM.
  • The findings highlighted the presence of 31 different PROMs, with 11 measuring constructs like disability and pain intensity, though there was significant variability in how psychosocial factors were measured, indicating a gap in studies addressing this area.
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Background: Cenobamate is an antiseizure medication used to treat partial-onset (focal) seizures. It is a molecule with one chiral center and a unique dual mechanism of action: enhancement of fast and slow inactivation of sodium channels with preferential inhibition of the persistent current and positive allosteric modulation of GABA receptor-mediated ion channels.

Aims/methods: Anticonvulsant effects of cenobamate (YKP3089; R-enantiomer), YKP3090 (S-enantiomer), and YKP1983 (racemate) were evaluated in chemically and electrically induced focal and generalized seizure models in rodents.

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Mycotic aneurysms are exceedingly rare in the pediatric population. The optimal surgical treatment for children with this disease is unclear as aneurysm resection and vascular reconstruction are uncommonly performed in young children. We present a unique case of a 21-month-old child with a complex cardiac history who presented with limb ischemia and was discovered to have thrombosis of the common femoral and superficial femoral artery.

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