Another good read from one of my favorite professors Dr. Raynes.

Read the latest National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus and State of the Science Statements on Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline. Enjoy!

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Over the last few days I have seen a number of patients come in with tennis elbow or lateral epicondylalgia. It could be attributed to Arizona’s golf season starts right about now, but who knows! A CI of mine is getting her transitional DPT and is all about research right now so we have been looking up evidence based articles on this subject lately and I figured some others might find a few of these articles useful.

Lateral Epicondylalgia

1. Effectiveness of Manual Physical Therapy to the Cervical Spine in the Management of Lateral Epicondylalgia: A Retrospective Analysis
2. A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Manipulative Therapy in Treating Lateral Epicondylalgia
3. The Immediate Effect of Orthotic Management on Grip Strength of Patients With Lateral Epicondylosis
4. Initial Effects of Elbow Taping on Pain-Free Grip Strength and Pressure Pain Threshold

Here are 17 articles to peruse at your leisure. These are sorta all over the place in terms of topics, but they mostly focus on low back pain, work environment, and stuff like that. All in all these articles have some useful gems in them so enjoy!

Work related injuries, Environment, etc etc

1. Genetics and Environment.pdf
2. Home environment after Stroke Rehab.pdf
3. ICF – Steiner et al.pdf
4. Interventions for acute low back pain.pdf
5. Lifting for Return to Work.pdf
6. Low Back Pain Panel.pdf
7. Musculoskeletal.pdf
8. Older Adults.pdf
9. Physical Stress.pdf
10. Primary Prevention.pdf
11. PT and the ICF.pdf
12. Repetitive Movement.pdf
13. Successful Work Hardening.pdf
14. Video Display Terminals.pdf
15. Work Related Disorders in PTs.pdf
16. Work Related Low Back Pain.pdf
17. Work Station Exercises.pdf

15 more articles for your viewing pleasure. These articles are all based around post-operative surgeries of some kind. Big thanks to Dr. Housel for sharing these to all of us a few months back!

I have read all of these myself and while some may not have anything to do with what you may see on a day to day basis out in the clinic they should all be read nonetheless. You never know when you might need em! As my favorite saying goes. “when life gives you potatoes make vodka”. Wait, no not that one. Oh okay here it is, “Luck favors the prepared”.

On to the list!

Post-op

1. Bone Marrow Transplantation.pdf
2. Cardiac Transplantation.pdf
3. Cardio Rehab.pdf
4. Children in inpatient settings.pdf
5. Hip fracture and home care.pdf
6. Hip Fracture.pdf
7. Laceration of tendons in the hand.pdf
8. Lung Transplant.pdf
9. Neurologic deficits.pdf
10. Osteopenia in a patient with Cancer.doc
11. PT after right hemispherectomy.pdf
12. Repair of ACL.pdf
13. Repair of Inguinal Hernia.pdf
14. Repair of torn lat dotsi.pdf
15. Repair of torn rotator cuff.pdf

Between having countless assignments due and overzealous teachers wanting to share the knowledge I have quite the collection of research reports, peer-reviewed articles, etc etc. I thought why not share the wealth.

Today I present you with seven articles on chronic pain.

Chronic Pain

1. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
2. Chronic Low Back Pain
3. Chronic Neck Pain
4. Chronic Orthopedic Pain – PT Attitudes
5. Home Rehabilitation
6. Manubriosternal Dislocation
7. Pulmonary Rehabilitation