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| Welcome! | Welcome back to our free evidence-based Rehabilitation Reference Center Update. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a subscriber of CINAHL and/or Rehabilitation Reference Center. Please share this with your colleagues, students, practitioners and others who would appreciate awareness of this information.
Rehabilitation Reference Center™ (RRC) is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. RRC provides physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and rehabilitation students with the best available evidence to provide the highest quality care and improve patient outcomes.
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Rehabilitation Reference Center in Daily Practice
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Josh is a physical therapy student doing an internship in an outpatient orthopedic clinic under the direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist.
Mrs. H is a 50 year old woman being referred to physical therapy for low back pain. Upon examination, Josh and his supervising physical therapist observe that Mrs. H has flat feet. Josh consults Rehabilitation Reference Center, keying in flat feet. He consults the clinical review " Pes Planus."
He reads about physical therapy for pes planus, including description, indications, guidelines, and contraindications. Then, he reviews the physical therapy examination and treatment.
Note: The above referenced Clinical Review is freely accessible to all readers of the Rehabilitation Reference Center Update.
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Caring for Patients with Cervical Strain and Sprain
Cervical strain and sprain is characterized by neck stiffness, muscle tenderness, and mechanical neck pain. The mechanism of injury is either trauma (e.g., car accident) or repetitive overuse (e.g., suboptimal head posture at a computer). Physical therapy examination for patients with cervical strain and sprain includes assessment of range of motion, sensory testing, strength, body mechanics and posture, and joint integrity and mobility.
Physical therapy treatment typically includes manual therapy, physical agents and mechanical modalities, postural education, and therapeutic exercise.
You can read the Clinical Review on "Cervical Strain and Sprain" by logging into your subscription of Rehabilitation Reference Center.
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| Evidence-based Content Update |
Recently, the clinical review "Cancer-Related Fatigue" was revised following review under the systematic literature surveillance program. Information of value to physical therapy practice regarding cancer-related fatigue was a randomized controlled trial.
The results of the trial indicated that deep-water aquatic exercise may reduce cancer-related fatigue. Sixty-eight breast cancer survivors were randomly assigned to either the aquatic group which exercised for 60 minutes in a heated pool, 3 times per week for 8 weeks or to the control group which continued usual care. Fatigue levels were reduced significantly more in the aquatic group than the control group, both immediately after the program and at 6-month follow-up.
We invite you to login to the Rehabilitation Reference Center to read new and updated clinical reviews as they become available.
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