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Phys Ther
December 2024
Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Aurora, CO, United States.
Objectives: Reduced physical function following hospitalization places older adults at risk of adverse health events. Many older adults receive home health physical therapy to reverse their deconditioning; however, optimal approaches to improve physical function are currently not known. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a home health care approach comprised of high-intensity exercise, enhanced care transition, and protein supplementation.
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December 2024
Department of Physical Therapy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Objective: Physical therapists routinely deliver and prescribe motor practice to improve function. The ability to select optimal practice regimens is limited by a current lack of detail in the measurement of motor practice. The objective of this study was to quantify the type, amount, and timing of gross motor practice during physical therapist sessions.
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September 2024
Department of Physical Therapy, College of Saint Mary, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Patient history assists clinicians in determining the most appropriate tests to identify the symptoms' source and select appropriate interventions. Therefore, a subjective history is an essential component of patient management. When physical therapist practitioners transition into academia, they must understand how the history of the education system may affect learners.
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May 2024
School of Nursing, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
Objective: The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic and comprehensive review of qualitative research to examine the physical and psychological needs, as well as work experiences, of patients undergoing total knee replacement and total hip replacement surgeries during their process of returning to work.
Methods: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative literature was conducted. A systematic search was conducted across 8 databases to identify qualitative or mixed-methods research on the needs and experiences of individuals with total knee replacement and total hip replacement who have returned to work.
Phys Ther
December 2023
Board of Directors, American Physical Therapy Association, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
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