Is the physical therapy profession prepared to meet the health needs of the future? To address this question, Gail M. Jensen, PhD, PT, FAPTA joins PT Talker. She recently gave the McMillan lecture at the 2011 APTA annual meeting and presented on the topic of societal health needs at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting held [...]
Defining a Social Contract for Meeting Future Healthcare Needs [ 17:10 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadUnder the California Moscone-Knox Professional Corporations Act, physical therapists are not allowed to work for medical, podiatric, chiropractic and other health corporations. Physical therapists working as employees of medical corporations could face discipline by the Physical Therapy Board of California. Last November, the State of California Legislative Counsel determined the only professional corporation physical therapists [...]
Emergency rooms are often the only choice for individuals who don’t have access to care elsewhere. In an effort to provide the best care possible, a handful of hospitals have added physical therapists to their emergency room staff. Michael Brickens, PT, works in the Emergency Medicine Trauma Center at the Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital [...]
Simply watching your patients walk or run can help you identify gait abnormalities. But you could be missing something. Qualitative slow motion video analysis often allows you to see something missed when watching those same movements in real time. Today’s expert, Damien Howell, PT, DPT, OCS reveals the ways he uses slow motion video analysis [...]
Can video analysis help Physical Therapists treat patients? [ 12:22 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download