A recent study followed 76 males and 59 females with cerebral palsy with a mean age of 14 yrs. 6 months at the start of the study. The participants had quadriplegia (96), diplegia (32) and hemiplegia (1) with the majority having spasticity. For four years, data was collected consisting of:…
I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile now, but for those that yearn for the glamour of professional sports, I will be creating a couple of newsletters over the next month with a “day in the life” type slant.
The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation is a non profit charity that offers grants up to $5000 for families to help pay for medical services and equipment for children with special needs. This can include physical and occupational therapy, wheelchairs, orthotics, eyeglasses and more. They will also help pay for certain services…
Leslie Cotrell, PhD, a researcher from West Virginia University will be presenting her research at the American Heart Association 2010 Conference on Health, Physical Activity and Metabolism. She studied the body mass index, fitness levels and standardized academic scores of 725 fifth graders and again when they reached seventh grade….
In a recent study published in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology , 49 children with a mean age of 5 yrs 6 months were evaluated with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC). The children were diagnosed or at risk for developing ADHD, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental coordination disorder…
Here is a FREE open source drawing software for children - Tux Paint. It is suitable for children ages 3-12. There are many drawing tools such as paintbrush, line tools, shape tools rubber stamps and magic tools. There is even sound effects. You can translate any text into many languages….
There are so many free social story resources on the web. I just thought I would mention a few. If you are not familiar with social stories, here is a great article, Creating Social Stories , to start off with on the basics of social stories and how to create…
A new journal article in Physical Therapy in Sport (the journal I recently reviewed) discusses imbalance between upper and lower trapezius muscle activity and the association of subacromial impingement. The authors studied the EMG activity of the upper and lower trapezius in subjects with and without subacromial impingement.
Let’s all take a moment to collectively exhale. When President Obama signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (HR 4691) into law Wednesday morning, momentarily reinstating the therapy cap exceptions process, it was welcome relief to the physical therapy profession and our Medicare patients nationwide. But now that we’re done…
Physical Therapists in NY once again are stepping up to the plate to take action and drive change. An earlier post The Real Deal - NY Co-Pays… they used the traditional media. Now they are leveraging non-traditional means -YouTube: Video…
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