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UC San Diego Health performed region’s first double lung transplant for a COVID-19 patient

On a July afternoon, Federico Gomez Gil, 56, is dressed in a short-sleeved, collared shirt, sweatpants and a baseball cap. He sits in a chair in a hospital room, surrounded by his wife and two daughters. Given the past five months, this is the moment of a lifetime — a new lifetime.

24 Aug 2021

New research aims to better understand motor problems in children with ASD

Anjana Bhat, associate professor in the University of Delaware's Department of Physical Therapy, has been awarded a research project (R01) grant through the National Institutes of Health for the next three years.

24 Aug 2021

Online, video-based exercise program can help postpartum women with diastasis rectus abdominis

A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that an online, video-based core exercise program can help with a condition many women experience after childbirth.

24 Aug 2021

Preclinical study validates crucial role of the spleen in cardiac repair

Although we can survive without a spleen, evidence continues to mount that this abdominal organ plays a more valuable role in our physiological defenses than previously suspected.

23 Aug 2021

Telehealth helped physical therapists to provide essential care for pediatric patients during pandemic

As a pediatric physical therapist in Clinton, Missouri, Jessica Luechtefeld was used to a hands-on coaching approach whenever meeting with her patients at their preschools, in their homes or at the Child's Play Therapy clinic.

18 Aug 2021

Mutated enzyme impairs communication between neurons and causes motor defects in SCA34 model

In one type of a rare, inherited genetic disorder that affects control of body movement, scientists have found a mutation in an enzyme that impairs communication between neurons and what should be the inherent ability to pick up our pace when we need to run, instead of walk, across the street.

17 Aug 2021

Study identifies Foxo1 gene as a potential treatment target for hereditary lymphedema

A University of South Florida preclinical study unexpectedly identified the gene Foxo1 as a potential treatment target for hereditary lymphedema.

10 Aug 2021

Novel robotic neck brace may help doctors to analyze neck mobility in cancer patients

A new robotic neck brace from researchers at Columbia Engineering and their colleagues at Columbia's Department of Otolaryngology may help doctors analyze the impact of cancer treatments on the neck mobility of patients and guide their recovery.

19 Jul 2021

USF receives $69.9 Million NIH funding to continue study on type 1 diabetes

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of South Florida total expected funds of $69.9 million over the next four years to continue the follow-up of study participants in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young (TEDDY) consortium.

13 Jul 2021

Ohio professor receives NIH grant to study age-related changes in motor neuron excitability

Brian Clark, Ph.D., professor of physiology and neuroscience in Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine's Department of Biomedical Sciences, received a five-year, nearly $3 million National Institutes of Health grant to conduct a series of animal and human studies to better understand the mechanisms and clinical relevance of age-related changes in motor neuron excitability.

30 Jun 2021

Muscles lose their smallest, most basic building blocks after stroke

After suffering a stroke, patients often are unable to use the arm on their affected side. Sometimes, they end up holding it close to their body, with the elbow flexed.

25 Jun 2021

Long covid has reignited polarisation in approaches to treat chronic fatigue syndrome

Many long covid patients are experiencing extreme fatigue, a situation which has reignited the polarization in approaches to treatment and rehabilitation of chronic fatigue syndrome, according to a special report today.

24 Jun 2021

$Middle-aged men with cerebral palsy more likely to suffer fractures, study finds$

Middle-aged men with cerebral palsy more likely to suffer fractures, study finds

Researchers at Michigan Medicine found a subset of middle-aged men with cerebral palsy are up to 5.6 times more likely to suffer fractures than men without the disorder.

10 Jun 2021

Can a subscription model fix primary care in the US?

In April, San Francisco-based primary care company One Medical revealed an eye-popping compensation package for its chief executive and chairman, Amir Dan Rubin. His $199 million payday, particularly noteworthy at a company that has yet to turn a profit, made Rubin the second-highest-paid CEO in the United States last year — but only on paper.

10 Jun 2021

Physical Therapy News and Research

UC San Diego Health performed region’s first double lung transplant for a COVID-19 patient

New research aims to better understand motor problems in children with ASD

Online, video-based exercise program can help postpartum women with diastasis rectus abdominis

Preclinical study validates crucial role of the spleen in cardiac repair

Telehealth helped physical therapists to provide essential care for pediatric patients during pandemic

Mutated enzyme impairs communication between neurons and causes motor defects in SCA34 model

Study identifies Foxo1 gene as a potential treatment target for hereditary lymphedema

Novel robotic neck brace may help doctors to analyze neck mobility in cancer patients

USF receives $69.9 Million NIH funding to continue study on type 1 diabetes

Ohio professor receives NIH grant to study age-related changes in motor neuron excitability

Muscles lose their smallest, most basic building blocks after stroke

Long covid has reignited polarisation in approaches to treat chronic fatigue syndrome

Middle-aged men with cerebral palsy more likely to suffer fractures, study finds

Can a subscription model fix primary care in the US?

Nintendo Wii therapy can help improve balance in children with cerebral palsy

Measuring how patterns of gene expression change in children may help predict T1D progression

Little-known illnesses turning up in Covid long-haulers

Adults with cerebral palsy receive significantly less physical therapy

As pandemic eases, many seniors have lost strength, may need rehabilitative services

Seniors enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid can experience worse outcomes after ICU hospitalization

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