PTJ: Journal of APTA

PTJ: Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Journal is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the American Physical Therapy Association.

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Just in time for 🎓 graduation season, #PTJournal editorial board members offer up their career advice for #PhysicalTherapy students when it comes to getting involved in research:

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This new #SystematicReview synthesizes evidence on physical activity in people living with or beyond oral cancer, concluding that physical activity—supervised, multimodal, and early-initiated—offers promising benefits for this population.

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🌀 More #dizziness research now published in #PTJournal!

This randomized controlled trial evaluated whether a group-based intervention integrating #vestibular rehabilitation and #cognitive behavioral strategies (VR-CBT) provides added benefit beyond a single-session brief vestibular intervention (BI-VR) in individuals with chronic dizziness.

https://t.co/iN37bOVlJv

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🧠 This new systematic review and #Metaanalysis reviewed 18 studies examining whether exercise reduces falls after #Stroke. Major findings included:

1️⃣ Overall, physical exercise significantly reduced the number of falls by 39%

2️⃣ Programs focusing on balance training and those integrating physical exercise with cognitive components (eg, dual-task training/mind-body exercise) were most effective

3️⃣ People in the chronic stage of stroke and with mild to moderate disability may benefit more from exercise.

https://t.co/JgIwa7HFLw

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🧠 🏃‍♂️ Now in advance access in #PTJournal:

For individuals post-#stroke, high-intensity training resulted in significant improvements in VO2 gain, which were related to improvements in multiple biomechanical variables at higher treadmill speeds, while gains in gait efficiency were related to improved paretic limb power.

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Have you checked out the complete September issue of #PTJournal yet?

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Articles cover topics including:

🧑‍🏫 @APTA_official 57th McMillan lecture and 30th Maley lecture

🏥 Healthcare utilization after PT eval in the ED

👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 Implementing Group PT in outpatient settings

🏋 Response to rehab for spinal stenosis

🤝 Personalized pain management

🤰 Pregnancy-related MSK pain

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👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 This secondary analysis of a cluster randomized implementation trial assessed associations of organizational and contextual characteristics with implementation of Group Physical Therapy for knee osteoarthritis.

https://t.co/4L2u68EVkI

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Each year, #PTJournal publishes the @APTA_official McMillan lecture.

The 57th annual McMillan lecture from Christopher M. Powers, PT, PhD, FAPTA titled "Movement matters: the path to professional impact" is now available online:

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[Kyle Ridgeway @Dr_Ridge_DPT]

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8 year analysis of 13k admissions investigating #physicaltherapy in #criticalcare #ICUrehab @PTJournal @AcuteCareAPTA @HopkinsAMP @NHausMD @uchealth @CUMedicalSchool @CU_PSCCM @CUPhysMed

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#Newpub in @PTJournal by Drs. @NHausMD, @Dr_Ridge_DPT & team on Sustained Three-Year Impact of a #PhysicalTherapy #QualityImprovement Project in the Medical #IntensiveCareUnit. https://t.co/TXzUpY1yLH

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🎙️Our recent author interview #Podcast features Associate Editor @JBeneciuk interviewing Vincent Fontanier about his recently published #PTJournal study, which examined the impact of the reform and the changes in evidence-based practice competencies among physical therapist graduates.

https://t.co/SRVbiiq0Tf

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#ICYMI: Last month's editorial in #PTJournal tackles ambiguity, uncertainty, and misinformation in science and the physical therapy profession:

https://t.co/vZLHg8Vuhn

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🏆 Don't forget to nominate your colleagues (or yourself) for one of @APTA_official's research-related awards:

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🥇 Only research published in #PTJournal is eligible for the APTA Outstanding Research award:

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In this analysis of a clinical trial with 1,806 participants with #LumbarStenosis, authors found no significant differences in response to exercise-based #PhysicalTherapy treatment across radiographically mild, moderate, or severe stenosis groups for any outcome:

https://t.co/mnuInqKO0I

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🤰 In this survey study of 671 recent mothers, 90% reported musculoskeletal pain during #pregnancy, but #PhysicalTherapy was recommended to only 29.4%.

Read more ⬇️

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This new qualitative analysis of #PrivatePractice PT clinics – including rural health clinics – explores challenges and benefits from participating in a pragmatic clinical trial:

https://t.co/DJ0Cs7Xr54

Findings suggest participating in an NIH-sponsored trial is NOT a financial burden, but it is a learning experience for clinics.

@pps_apta

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🎖️ For active-duty military undergoing an interdisciplinary program for #ChronicPain, authors of this new #PTJournal study found that pain level, pain impact, pain catastrophizing, and race were correlated with successful outcomes; concluding that a personalized approach may help improve outcomes across multiple dimensions of physical function.

@TylerSnow175445

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The full August issue of #PTJournal is now available online, headed by an editorial from our Editor-in-Chief titled "Ambiguity and uncertainty are inevitable; misinformation is not."

https://t.co/GJdVPGmyJs

Other articles include:

🦾 AI in upper extremity prosthetics

🎓 Education researcher trajectories

🤝 Grip strength and gait speed as predictors

⚡ Bioenergetics in clinical practice

🏳️‍🌈 Pain resilience in LGBTQIA+ populations

🧠 Trunk Impairment Scale psychometrics

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⏲️ Today is the last day to submit applications for the #PTJournal Editorial Board! There are 2️⃣ opportunities to contribute:

📱 Associate Editor for Social Media: https://t.co/jlSk9sCv5Z

✍ Editorial Board Member: https://t.co/twXNOsIbbL

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🏥 In this new study in #PTJournal, authors found that #EmergencyDepartment (ED) physical therapists may reduce unnecessary healthcare utilization for Veterans with musculoskeletal pain for one year after an ED visit:

https://t.co/QkTflrADWN