Functional Capacity Evaluations - Under Closer Scrutiny by Jim Mecham, MS, OTR/L, AEP |
Evidence-based medicine can consume your everyday clinical practice. Being an evidence-based practitioner means reading and keeping up with evidentiary changes in your specialized rehabilitation field. Industrial rehab, especially performing functional capacity evaluations (FCEs), is no different. In fact, staying abreast of evidence-based practices is even more important in ..>>read more
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Knee Osteoarthritis and Physical Therapy by Minhwan Kim, SPT |

Knee osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the geriatric population (1, 2). Thirty-three percent of persons 63-94 years of age are affected by knee osteoarthritis (1, 2). Pain, impaired mobility, and reduced muscle strength are common findings in patients with OA which can limit activities of daily living (1, 2). Knee osteoarthritis is primarily characterized by cartilage deterioration along with associated ligament tearing, bone ..>>read more |