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Go with the Flow? Considerations for Blood Flow Restriction Training in People with Neurologic Conditions
Mark M Mañago and others
Blood flow restriction training (BFRT) with low intensity resistance or aerobic exercise can improve muscle strength and aerobic capacity, respectively. Furthermore, low intensity BFRT with resistance or aerobic exercise can be as effective as training at higher intensities without BFR in healthy ...
Author Response to Kumar et al
Leonardo Avila and others
“It’s Just Really Important for us all to be on the Same Page”: Qualitative Evaluation of Factors that Influence Written Mobility Communication
Sally Yin and others
Objective Poor interdisciplinary team communication is a known barrier to increasing inpatient mobility. Understanding why and how clinicians from different disciplines communicate about mobility would help inform communication improvements. This qualitative interview study aimed to describe and ...
Health Disparities in Rehabilitation—Practice/Research Focus
Dawn Magnusson
The 2001 National Academy of Medicine (previously the Institute of Medicine) report Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21 st Century listed health equity as one of 6 pillars in delivering high-quality health care. 1 In 2003, the Academy published Unequal Treatment, ...
My View of PTJ: 10 Months Later…
Steven Z George
Ten months into my term as editor-in-chief (EIC) at PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal, I owe an update to our constant readers and authors. In short, progress is being made, and I want to highlight areas where changes have been implemented so far. All of the changes are meant to be ...

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Physical Therapists in Primary Care in the United States: An Overview of Current Practice Models and Implementation Strategies
Katie O’Bright and Seth Peterson
In the United States, physician shortages and increases in noncommunicable disease burden have resulted in a growing demand for primary care providers (PCPs). Patients with physical and functional impairments have been especially affected by these challenges. However, physical therapists are well ...
Decline in Mobility and Balance in Persons With Post–COVID-19 Condition
Debbie Ehrmann Feldman and others
Objectives Post–COVID-19 condition (PCC) may impact mobility and balance and affect physical function. The objectives of the study were to estimate the prevalence of decline in balance and mobility in individuals with PCC; explore the association between comorbidities and sociodemographic ...
Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy: A Modern Definition and Description
Jason L Silvernail and others
Currently, orthopaedic manual physical therapy (OMPT) lacks a description of practice that reflects contemporary thinking and embraces advances across the scientific, clinical, and educational arms of the profession. The absence of a clear definition of OMPT reduces understanding of the approach ...
Functional Recovery of Adults Following Acute COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sophie Middleton and others
Objective This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the objective, functional recovery of patients more than 3 months after acute COVID-19 infection. Methods Comprehensive database searches of EMBASE, PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register, CINAHL, and Google Scholar ...
Variation in Utilization of Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist Services After Rotator Cuff Repair: A Population-Based Study
Brocha Z Stern and others
Objective The objective of this study was to describe the utilization of physical therapist and occupational therapist services after rotator cuff repair (RCR) and examine variation in rehabilitation characteristics by profession. Methods This retrospective cohort study used the IBM MarketScan ...

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