Physical Therapy Specialty

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A SWOT analysis of the physiotherapy profession in Kuwait. 
  • A physical therapist experience, observation, and practice with an infantry brigade combat team in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
  • A pragmatic neurological screen for patients with suspected cord compressive myelopathy. 
  • A randomized trial of behavioral physical therapy interventions for acute and sub-acute low back pain (NCT00373867). 
  • An electromyographic analysis of commercial and common abdominal exercises: implications for rehabilitation and training. 
  • Assessment of the importance of glenohumeral peripheral mechanics by practicing physiotherapists. 
  • Attitudes of physical therapy students toward patient-centered care, before and after a course in psychosocial aspects of care. 
  • Bibliometric analysis of articles published from 1980 to 2009 in Physical Therapy, journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. 
  • Clinical diagnostic accuracy and magnetic resonance imaging of patients referred by physical therapists, orthopaedic surgeons, and nonorthopaedic providers. 
  • Clinical trial registration in physical therapy journals: Recommendations from the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors. 
  • Clinical trial registration in physical therapy journals: recommendations from the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors. 
  • Clinical trial registration in physiotherapy journals: recommendations from the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors. 
  • Clinical trial registration in physiotherapy journals: recommendations from the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors. 
  • Clinical trial registration in physiotherapy journals: recommendations from the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors. 
  • Clinician perception of the impact of deployed physical therapists as physician extenders in a combat environment. 
  • Content and bibliometric analysis of articles published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. 
  • Delisting publicly funded community-based physical therapy services in Ontario, Canada: a 12-month follow-up study of the perceptions of clients and providers. 
  • Development of a Review-of-Systems Screening Tool for Orthopaedic Physical Therapists: Results From the Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) Cohort. 
  • Diagnosis and management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, part 2: implementation of multidisciplinary care. 
  • Do Differences in Programmatic Resource Investments Result in Different 3-Year Pass Rates on the U.S. National Physical Therapy Examination? 
  • Eight critical skill sets required for manual therapy competency: a Delphi study and factor analysis of physical therapy educators of manual therapy. 
  • Factors associated with physiotherapists' confidence during assessment of clinical cervical and lumbar spine instability. 
  • Identifiers suggestive of clinical cervical spine instability: a Delphi study of physical therapists. 
  • Implications of a gap between demand and supply for rehabilitation in post-earthquake Haiti. 
  • Investigating patient characteristics on pain assessment using virtual human technology. 
  • Invited commentary. 
  • Lumbopelvic manipulation for treatment of patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: development of a clinical predication rule. 
  • Multidisciplinary patient education for total joint replacement surgery patients. 
  • One grip a little stronger. 
  • Optimization of Movement: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Movement Systems as Emergent Phenomena. 
  • Pain Management: Road Map to Revolution. 
  • Physical therapists in post-earthquake Haiti: seeking a balance between humanitarian service and research. 
  • Physical therapy health human resource ratios: a comparative analysis of the United States and Canada. 
  • Physiotherapy health services research (PHSR): the road 'that must now be taken'. 
  • Psychologically informed practice for management of low back pain: future directions in practice and research. 
  • Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity--executive summary. 
  • Rehabilitation after hallux valgus surgery: importance of physical therapy to restore weight bearing of the first ray during the stance phase. 
  • Scholarly research productivity is not related to higher three-year licensure pass rates for physical therapy academic programs. 
  • Selectivity of physiotherapist programs in the United States does not differ by institutional funding source or research activity level. 
  • Shifting sands: assessing the balance between public, private not-for-profit and private for-profit physical therapy delivery in Ontario, Canada. 
  • Situational Analysis of Physical Therapist Clinical Instructors' Facilitation of Students' Emerging Embodiment of Movement in Practice. 
  • Symptomatic spondylolysis: diagnosis and treatment. 
  • The centralization phenomenon and fear-avoidance beliefs as prognostic factors for acute low back pain: a preliminary investigation involving patients classified for specific exercise. 
  • Ushering in a new and exciting era of online sources in physiotherapy. 
  • Utilization of Manipulative Treatment for Spine and Shoulder Conditions Between Different Medical Providers in a Large Military Hospital. 
  • What Constitutes Academic Dishonesty in Physical Therapy Education: Do Faculty and Learners Agree? 
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  Keywords of People

  • Case, Laura Elizabeth, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy
  • Clewley, Derek James, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy
  • Ross, Elizabeth Fromm, Associate Consulting Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy