Italian version of the physical therapy patient satisfaction questionnaire: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In this study, the theory-based model of Ajzen and Fishbein was used to identify factors that influence physical therapist and registered nurse (RN) students' intentions toward working with elderly individuals. A follow-up identified actual job selection. SUBJECTS:Accredited physical therapist a...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Dunkle SE,Hyde RS

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We monitored the result of a tilt table-wedge board routine on the passive ankle dorsiflexion of 20 patients consecutively to determine the effectiveness of the treatment. The calculated frequency of the treatment, which was applied for 30 minutes on each of 5 to 22 treatment days, ranged from 2.3 to 6.4 treatments a ...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Bohannon RW,Larkin PA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this retrospective study were to document productivity-relevant measurements, describe the relationships between these measurements, and discuss the implications of the relationships in one physical therapy department. The department's inputs (clinician and staff hours worked), outputs (patient visits,...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Bohannon RW

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximal distance walked in a given time period is frequently used as a simple method to evaluate exercise tolerance in patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Typically, patients walk on a treadmill or in a corridor at a self-paced speed. Little information is available about the diff...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Swerts PM,Mostert R,Wouters EF

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Despite rapidly increasing intervention, functional disability due to chronic low back pain (cLBP) has increased in recent decades. We often cannot identify mechanisms to explain the major negative impact cLBP has on patients' lives. Such cLBP is often termed non-specific and may be due to multiple biologic ...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Deyo RA,Dworkin SF,Amtmann D,Andersson G,Borenstein D,Carragee E,Carrino J,Chou R,Cook K,Delitto A,Goertz C,Khalsa P,Loeser J,Mackey S,Panagis J,Rainville J,Tosteson T,Turk D,Von Korff M,Weiner DK

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to collect values of back mobility on healthy children between the ages of 5 and 9 years. Normative values of back mobility have not been established for children under 10 years of age. Measurements of anterior and lateral spinal flexion were obtained from 282 children, using a standard f...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Haley SM,Tada WL,Carmichael EM

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with Parkinson disease (PD) frequently experience low back pain (LBP), yet the impact of LBP on functional mobility, physical activity, and quality of life (QOL) has not been described in PD. OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to describe body positions and functional activities associated w...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Duncan RP,Van Dillen LR,Garbutt JM,Earhart GM,Perlmutter JS

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:"Handicap situation" is defined in the literature as "a disruption in the accomplishment of a person's life habits (activities of daily living and social roles)." The purpose of this study was to determine the strength of association between various types of locomotion and the accomplishment of l...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Lepage C,Noreau L,Bernard PM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether subjects with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis and occlusion demonstrate deficits in physical performance compared with a comparison group. These deficits may indicate that a person is demonstrating preclinical disability. SUBJECTS:Seventy-o...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Landgraff NC,Whitney SL,Rubinstein EN,Yonas H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity reduces voluntary recruitment of quadriceps during single-joint exercises, but the effects of obesity on quadriceps femoris muscle activation during dynamic daily living tasks, such as sit-to-stand (STS), are largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine how obesity affects quadriceps mu...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Bollinger LM,Ransom AL

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the influence of Fluori-Methane spray as a method of affecting passive range of motion measured at the right hip joint. Subjects were 30 normal volunteers randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group. A special table was constructed to position and stabilize ...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Halkovich LR,Personius WJ,Clamann HP,Newton RA

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Physical therapists strive to promote children's motor function and the parents' abilities to interact with their children, thus aiming to positively influence the parent-child relationship. This study examined a model for provision of home-based physical therapy within the context of motor play ...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Chiarello LA,Palisano RJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has developed a clinical research agenda that is designed to support, explain, and enhance physical therapy clinical practice by facilitating research that is useful primarily to clinicians. The Clinical Research Agenda was developed through a series of conferences and ...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors：

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the effects of an inverted position on pulse rate, blood pressure, and deep tendon reflexes of the biceps muscle, triceps muscle, and Achilles tendon. Twenty healthy adults were used as subjects. We collected data both before and after the subjects were in the inverted position for eight minutes on ...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Rheault W,Derleth M,Casey M,Czarnik C,Kania D,Nagel G

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Physical therapists often must either palpate tendons of the shoulder or, as part of treatment, apply forces to those tendons. Many methods have been suggested for minimizing the amount of soft tissue that overlies these tendons, but no data have been presented to justify the use of any approach....

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Mattingly GE,Mackarey PJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Confidence in a person's balance has been shown to be an important predictor of social activity among people with lower-limb amputations. The purposes of this study were to describe confidence in balance among people with transtibial or transfemoral lower-limb amputations and to compare people wh...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Miller WC,Speechley M,Deathe AB

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conclusions based on systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials are considered to provide the highest level of evidence about the effectiveness of an intervention. This overview summarizes the available evidence from systematic reviews on the effects of nonpharmacological and nonsurgical interventions for rheu...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Christie A,Jamtvedt G,Dahm KT,Moe RH,Haavardsholm EA,Hagen KB

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Embodied cognition interests physical therapists because efforts to advance motor skills in young infants can affect learning. However, we do not know if simply advancing motor skill is enough to support advances in cognition. OBJECTIVE:The objective was to examine the effect of 2 interventions on the devel...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Harbourne RT,Berger SE

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have investigated criteria for classifying patients with low back pain (LBP) into treatment-based subgroups. A comprehensive algorithm was created to translate these criteria into a clinical decision-making guide. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the translation of the individual subgroup c...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Stanton TR,Fritz JM,Hancock MJ,Latimer J,Maher CG,Wand BM,Parent EC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peak and angle specific knee extension torques produced after a quadriceps femoris muscle stretch and after a 15-second rest were compared to determine the effect of stretch on knee extension torque. Twenty healthy subjects performed eight maximum voluntary knee extensions at 90 degrees/sec under each condition. Altho...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Bohannon RW,Gibson DF

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replacement arthroplasty for the shoulder in rheumatoid arthritis is an operation which is being performed increasingly often. Several types of arthroplasty may be performed. One type is a true total shoulder replacement which involves replacing both the head of the humerus and the glenoid fossa. In a second type of a...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Paradis DK,Ferlic DC

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Patients who experience pain, a symptom of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), often exhibit kinesiophobia (irrational fear of movement). The purpose of this study was to examine whether pain-related fear of movement is associated with exercise capacity, activity limitations, or participation restric...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Nijs J,Vanherberghen K,Duquet W,De Meirleir K

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy-related low back pain and pelvic girdle pain (LBP/PGP) are common and negatively impact the lives of many pregnant women. Several patient-based outcome instruments measure treatment effect, but there is no consensus about which measure to use with women who have these pain presentations. OBJECTIVE...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Ogollah R,Bishop A,Lewis M,Grotle M,Foster NE

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) has several constraints-ceiling effect, low responsiveness, and uncertain predictability of falls-in neurological populations. The Mini-BESTest, which has not yet been validated in spinal cord injury (SCI) populations, has shown no ceiling effect, slightly better responsiveness, ...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Jørgensen V,Opheim A,Halvarsson A,Franzén E,Roaldsen KS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Balance function is central in walking, and impaired balance function may be related to walking deterioration in adults with spastic bilateral cerebral palsy (CP). OBJECTIVES:The purposes of this study were: (1) to compare balance confidence, fear of falling, and balance ability in adults with spastic bilat...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Opheim A,Jahnsen R,Olsson E,Stanghelle JK

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior experience informs clinical decision making and shapes how reflection is used by novice and experienced physical therapist clinicians. OBJECTIVES:The aims of this research were: (1) to determine the types and extent of reflection that informs the clinical decision-making process and (2) to compare the...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Wainwright SF,Shepard KF,Harman LB,Stephens J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:People with peripheral vestibular pathology demonstrate motor impairments when responding and adapting to postural platform perturbations and during performance of sit-to-stand and locomotor tasks. This study investigated the influence of unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction on voluntary...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Borello-France DF,Gallagher JD,Furman JM,Redfern MS,Carvell GE

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cinematography was used to compare increases in the angle of straight leg raising in relation to the horizontal with increases in the angle of straight leg raising in relation to the pelvis during five minutes of passive straight leg raising. Cinematography was also used to monitor increases in the angle of the pelvis...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Bohannon RW

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise can be sustained only if there is increased blood flow to those tissues with increased metabolic needs. Blood flow to particular working muscles can be increased either by increasing cardiac output or by redirecting peripheral blood flow. The nature and extent of changes in cardiovascular function that occur ...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Littell EH

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finding the "right-size" physical therapy workforce is an increasingly important issue, but it has had limited study, particularly across nations. This perspective article provides a comprehensive examination of physical therapy workforce issues across 4 countries (United States, Singapore, Portugal, and Bangladesh), ...

journal_title：Physical therapy

authors： Jesus TS,Koh G,Landry M,Ong PH,Lopes AM,Green PL,Hoenig H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00