Archive for the ‘Rehabilitation’ Category
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
The state of Washington today became the 39th jurisdiction in the U.S. to license physical therapists assistants when Governor Christine Gregoire signed SB 5292 into law.
The legislation, sponsored by Senator Darlene Fairley (D), was strongly supported by the Physical Therapy Association of Washington (PTWA).
"Our legislative team worked hard ...
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
The Foundation for Physical Therapy is now accepting online applications for physical therapy research grants to be funded in 2008. Grants are awarded to support scientifically based and clinically relevant research in any specialty related to physical therapist practice.
The Foundation currently has four grants available for 2008: the Pittsburgh-Marquette ...
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Differences in cause of death of Washington State veterans who did and did not use Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare services, pg. 825
We compared characteristics and causes of death in 62,080 Washington State veterans who did and did not use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare services 5 years ...
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Lt. Gen. James Terry Scott, chair of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, testified during a joint hearing of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs committees on Thursday that the Army system for evaluating disabilities is unmanageable and inconsistent, the AP/Arizona Daily Star reports. The commission was created in 2004 ...
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Among men who have received similar treatments for prostate cancer, those with less education - particularly those who did not graduate from high school - experience a significant drop in their quality of life after treatment compared with men who have more education, according to a study led by researchers ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
Reports have demonstrated a high probability that older adults hospitalized for acute medical conditions will experience a decline in physical function. We investigated the feasibility of an inpatient followed by an in-home exercise program for patients with limited ambulatory ability at hospital admission.
We designed our original pilot study to be ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
We investigated the determinants of inpatient rehabilitation costs in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and examined the relationship between length of stay (LOS) and discharge costs using data from VA and community rehabilitation hospitals. We obtained this information from the Health Economics Resource Center and Decision Support System National ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
We looked at mortality rates of veterans following an amputation because of diabetes or peripheral vascular disease.
Having a better understanding of mortality risk in the months and years following this type of surgery is important for clinicians to be able to target rehabilitation services to the correct population. A balance ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
We determined the effect of system tilt angle (STA) and seat-tobackrest angle (SBA) changes on shoulder load during manual wheelchair propulsion. We tested combinations of three STAs and three SBAs with 14 elderly subjects.
Our analysis revealed no significant differences between shoulder moments (average and highest) for these STA and SBA ...
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