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Clinical Feature Article: Are You Hip to Extended Postop Rehab for Older Patients?
Traditionally, rehabilitation after surgery to repair a hip fracture lasts 8 to 12 weeks. But recent studies have shown that moderate- to high-intensity resistance training after discharge from a standard postoperative program appears to be safe and may even play a role in increasing older patients' survival. Read more.
PT in the Spotlight:
Donna B. Bainbridge, PT, EdD, ATC, CHT
Leading the Way for Fun and Fitness at the Special Olympics
As Special Olympics Global Advisor for FUNfitness & Fitness Programming, physical therapist Donna Bainbridge has been instrumental in developing and implementing the physical therapy screening component offered at the competitions.
Read more.We're looking for more great stories! Please contact us if you - or someone you know - have accomplished something interesting in physical therapy and would like to be featured in one of our next stories. It could be related to your career, a volunteer activity, an especially touching story, or anything else PT-related.
 Research Roundup  |
Darlene K. Sekerak, PT, PhD, is a Professor of Physical Therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a longstanding commitment to the translation of research into practice.
Every newsletter will include highlights of hot-off-the press articles from the professional literature of interest to practicing clinicians. Be the first to have the latest info guiding practice – Read it here!
Why Force the Issue?
Encouraging forced use or constraint-induced movement therapy in acute and sub-acute care settings isn't always realistic. Based on pilot work by Hammer and Birgitta, a 2-week rehabilitation program performed in a sub-acute setting with restraint of the patient's nonparetic arm generated no greater mobility gains than rehabilitation done without restraint of the nonparetic arm.
Full Article: Hammer, A. Lindmark, B. Effects of Forced Use on Arm Function in the Subacute Phase After Stroke: A Randomized, Clinical Pilot Study. Phys Ther 2009, Apr 16;89(6).
First Breast Cancer, Now a Swollen, Painful Arm
Overweight patients are predisposed to lymphedema after treatment for breast cancer but are often cautioned against exercising. Jönsson and Johansson have identified that women with arm lymphedema can participate in a controlled, short-duration, pole-walking program using a compression sleeve without the exercise increasing volume in the edematous arm.
Full Article: Jönsson, C. Johansson, K. Pole Walking for Patients with Breast Cancer-Related Arm Lymphedema. Physiother Theory Pract 2009 Apr;25(3):165-173.
Tubing with Pull Improves Balance
Han, Ricard, and Fellingham found that four simple elastic tubing exercises with the tubing around the unaffected ankle can improve balance in patients with and without lateral ankle sprains. More important, the patients retain the improvement over 4 weeks. Cost-effective and performed at home, elastic tube exercises allow perturbation that requires dynamic adjustments to improve balance.
Full Article: Han K, Ricard MD, Fellingham GW. Effects of a 4-week exercise program on balance using elastic tubing as a perturbation force for individuals with a history of ankle sprains. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2009 Apr;39(4):246-55.
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