Cultural Responsiveness in Academic Physical Therapy: An Administrative Case Report.

Objective: This paper describes how the administrative leadership of 1 physical therapy department curated, implemented, and evaluated a culturally responsive administrative support strategy to foster a positive working environment. Participants' perceptions of culturally responsive practices were explored using climate survey data.

Methods: This case occurred in the physical therapy and rehabilitation science department at an academic medical center in the United States.

Implementation of High-Value Care for Physical Therapy Residents Through Systems-Based Practice Curriculum Development: Case Report.

Background And Purpose: Systems-based practice is a core competency for physical therapy residents, best acquired through experiential learning. Peer health professions are further along than physical therapy in implementing curricula that support systems-based practice. Clinical and practice data in residency programs could provide for education in high-value care (HVC) as a foundation for systems-based practice.

Patient characteristics and telehealth are associated with attendance rates in an outpatient rehabilitation infant bridge program.

Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients who received outpatient therapy services through an infant bridge program using telehealth mode of service delivery and to identify if attendance rates vary by mode of service delivery. We hypothesized that telehealth visits will increase attendance rates.

Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional study.

Building a Foundation for Health Informatics Content in Physical Therapy Education Through Concept Analysis and Concept Mapping.

Introduction: Health informatics curricular content, while beneficial to the spectrum of education in physical therapy, is currently only required in physical therapist education programs, and even there, it is only crudely defined. The purpose of our study was to use the techniques of concept analysis and concept mapping to provide an outline of informatics content that can be the foundation for curriculum development and the construction of informatics competencies for physical therapy.

Review Of Literature: There is no established consensus on the definition of health informatics.

Examining rehabilitation access disparities: an integrated analysis of electronic health record data and population characteristics through bivariate choropleth mapping.

Background: Despite efforts to view electronic health records (EHR) data through an equity lens, crucial contextual information regarding patients' social environments remains limited. Integrating EHR data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology can give deeper insights into the relationships between patients' social environments, health outcomes, and geographic factors. This study aims to identify regions with the fastest and slowest access to outpatient physical therapy services using bivariate choropleth maps to provide contextual insights that may contribute to health disparity in access.

Comparing Digital to Conventional Physical Therapy for Chronic Shoulder Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Chronic shoulder pain (CSP) is a common condition with various etiologies, including rotator cuff disorders, adhesive capsulitis, shoulder instability, and shoulder arthritis. It is associated with substantial disability and psychological distress, resulting in poor productivity and quality of life. Physical therapy constitutes the mainstay treatment for CSP, but several barriers exist in accessing care.

Automatic extraction of social determinants of health from medical notes of chronic lower back pain patients.

Objective: We applied natural language processing and inference methods to extract social determinants of health (SDoH) information from clinical notes of patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP) to enhance future analyses of the associations between SDoH disparities and cLBP outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Clinical notes for patients with cLBP were annotated for 7 SDoH domains, as well as depression, anxiety, and pain scores, resulting in 626 notes with at least one annotated entity for 364 patients. We used a 2-tier taxonomy with these 10 first-level classes (domains) and 52 second-level classes.

Physical Therapist Telehealth Delivery at 1 Year Into COVID-19.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine telehealth physical therapy utilization 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic and identify factors that influence physical therapists' delivery of telehealth in an urban academic medical center.

Methods: Electronic medical record data were extracted within the dates of interest (March 22, 2021 to May 15, 2021), the proportion of physical therapy sessions delivered via telehealth were identified, and patient characteristics were compared by telehealth volume (0 vs ≥1 session, 1 vs >1 session). Qualitative data also were collected from physical therapists via semi-structured interviews, and a directed content analysis was conducted, informed by the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, and Behavior model, to identify factors influencing telehealth delivery.

Use of the PROMIS-10 global health in patients with chronic low back pain in outpatient physical therapy: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Although evidence-based guidelines for physical therapy for patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP) are available, selecting patient-reported outcome measures to capture complexity of health status and quality of life remains a challenge. PROMIS-10 Global Health (GH) may be used to screen for impactful health risks and enable patient-centered care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrelationships between PROMIS-10 GH scores and patient demographics, health status, and healthcare utilization in patients with cLBP who received physical therapy.

Evaluation of Pragmatic Telehealth Physical Therapy Implementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: The objective was to evaluate implementation of telehealth physical therapy in response to COVID-19 and identify implementation strategies to maintain and scale up telehealth physical therapy within a large urban academic medical center.

Methods: The Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework was used to evaluate telehealth physical therapy implementation. Patient-level data were extracted from electronic medical records between March 16, 2020, and May 16, 2020 (implementation phase).

Locally Gated SnS/hBN Thin Film Transistors with a Broadband Photoresponse.

Next-generation flexible and transparent electronics demand newer materials with superior characteristics. Tin dichalcogenides, Sn(S,Se), are layered crystal materials that show promise for implementation in flexible electronics and optoelectronics. They have band gap energies that are dependent on their atomic layer number and selenium content.

Enhancement of near-infrared detectability from InGaZnO thin film transistor with MoS light absorbing layer.

We report an enhancement of near-infrared (NIR) detectability from amorphous InGaZnO (α-IGZO) thin film transistor in conjunction with randomly distributed molybdenum disulfide (MoS) flakes. The electrical characteristics of the α-IGZO grown by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering exhibit high effective mobility exceeding 15 cm V s and current on/off ratio up to 10. By taking advantages of the high quality α-IGZO and MoS light absorbing layer, photodetection spectra are able to extend from ultra-violet to NIR range.

Triple negative invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast presents as small bowel obstruction.

Metastasis from breast carcinoma to the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is very uncommon. To date, only a few cases have been described worldwide. Of those which do metastasize to the GIT, only estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2-neu receptor positive cancers have been reported and none have been mentioned in the U.

Electrical and photovoltaic properties of residue-free MoS thin films by liquid exfoliation method.

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS) film fabricated by a liquid exfoliation method has significant potential for various applications, because of its advantages of mass production and low-temperature processes. In this study, residue-free MoS thin films were formed during the liquid exfoliation process and their electrical properties were characterized with an interdigitated electrode. Then, the MoS film thickness could be controlled by centrifuge condition in the range of 20 ∼ 40 nm, and its carrier concentration and mobility were measured at about 7.

Linearly and Highly Pressure-Sensitive Electronic Skin Based on a Bioinspired Hierarchical Structural Array.

Pressure-sensitive electronic skin composed of a hierarchical structural array exhibits outstanding linear and high sensitivity in the pressure range exerted by gentle touch. By virtue of monolayer graphene acting as electrode material, this device can be operated with low voltage. Especially, its high transparency enables an accurate placement of the device on the target position when it is used for health monitoring.

Thermal annealing effects on ZnO films grown on graphene buffered Si substrates.

ZnO films deposited on SiO2/Si substrate with a graphene single layer (GSL) were studied by using an ultra-high vacuum sputter. The as-prepared films were annealed at temperature ranges from 500 degrees C to 800 degrees C for 1 min under ambient N2 gas. When the annealing temperature was increased up to 800 degrees C, the root mean square roughness of the ZnO/Si sample surface decreased down to 3.

Mitochondrial genome of the hydrothermal vent shrimp Nautilocaris saintlaurentae (Crustacea: Caridea: Alvinocarididae).

We determined the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Nautilocaris saintlaurentae, sampled at vent fields of the Tofua Arc in the southwestern Pacific. The genome was 15,928 bp in length and had the typical mitogenome structure of the infraorder Caridea. Its protein-coding genes were very similar to other alvinocaridid species in respect to length, AT content, and start and stop codons.

Strengthening to promote functional recovery poststroke: an evidence-based review.

Background: Following stroke, patients/clients suffer from significant impairments. However, weakness is the predominant common denominator. Historically, strengthening or high-intensity resistance training has been excluded from neurorehabilitation programs because of the concern that high-exertion activity, including strengthening, would increase spasticity.