Most Recent Articles from Physical Therapy

• Factors influencing information seeking by physical therapists providing stroke management 

  Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a relatively new concept that Sackett et al defined in 1996 as "integrating individual clinical expertise with the...

  10/01/09 by Nancy M. Salbach; Sara J.T. Guilcher; Susan B. Jaglal; David A. Davis · More from publication

• Effects of hand cycle training on physical capacity in individuals with tetraplegia: a clinical trial 

  The physical capacity of most people with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) is low. (1) In addition to complete or incomplete paralysis, many...

  10/01/09 by Linda J.M. Valent; Annet J. Dallmeijer; Han Houdijk; Hans J. Slootman; Thomas W. Janssen; Marcel W.M. Post; Lucas H. van der Woude · More from publication

• Step test scores are related to measures of activity and participation in the first 6 months after stroke 

  About 780,000 people in the United States experience a stroke each year. (1) Although some survivors of a stroke achieve a full recovery in...

  10/01/09 by Vicki Stemmons Mercer; Janet Kues Freburger; Shuo-Hsiu Chang; Jama L. Purser · More from publication

• Muscle deficits persist after unilateral knee replacement and have implications for rehabilitation 

  With an aging population, the prevalence of degenerative joint diseases, such as knee joint arthritis, increases and thus adds to the burden of...

  10/01/09 by Anu Valtonen; Tapani Poyhonen; Ari Heinonen; Sarianna Sipila · More from publication

• On "A guide to interpretation of studies …" 

  Hancock M, et al. Phys Ther. 2009; 89:698-704. I read with interest and some puzzlement the article titled "A Guide to Interpretation of Studies...

  10/01/09 by Stephen C. Allison · More from publication

• On "Physical therapists' attitudes, knowledge, and practice …" 

  Sack S, et al. Phys Ther. 2009;89:804-815. I commend Sack and colleagues (1) for studying physical therapists' attitudes, knowledge, and...

  10/01/09 by Gary S. Brooks · More from publication

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