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The Role Of Rehabilitation Following Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation: A Retrospective Chart Review, Jenny L. Toonstra, Jennifer Sebert Howard, Timothy L. Uhl, Robert A. English, Carl G. Mattacola

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

PURPOSE/BACKGROUND: Clinical outcomes following autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) are influenced by multiple factors, including patient demographics, lesion characteristics, quality of the surgical repair, and post-operative rehabilitation. However, it is currently unknown what specific characteristics of rehabilitation have the greatest influence on clinical outcomes following ACI. The purpose of this study was to conduct a retrospective chart review of patients undergoing ACI with the intent to describe this patient population's demographics, clinical outcomes, and rehabilitation practices. This study aimed to assess the consistency of the documentation process relative to post-operative rehabilitation in order to provide information and guide initiatives for improving …

The Impact Of Body-Scaled Information On Grasping Action In Toddlers With And Without Down Syndrome, Yuping Chen, Allison Mitch, Kristen Chafin, Rachel Sargent

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

Background and purpose: Studies of adults and typically developing (TD) children find the number of hands and fingers used to grasp an object is influenced by the relationship between object size and hand size. Children with Down syndrome (DS) between 3 and 11 years have shown no differences in number of hands (1 or 2 hands) used to grasp different sized objects compared to TD children when the object size was body-scaled. The purpose of this study was to examine whether body-scaled information affected the number of hands and fingers used to grasp different sized objects in toddlers with and …

Reliability Of The Myotonometer For Assessment Of Posterior Shoulder Tightness, Caitlyn M. Kerins, Stephanie D. Moore, Timothy A. Butterfield, Patrick O. Mckeon, Timothy L. Uhl

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The Myotonometer® is an electronic tissue compliance meter that has been used to quantify the compliance of soft tissues. The Myotonometer® may be a valuable tool to measure the effectiveness of interventions commonly used to increase tissue compliance in individuals with posterior shoulder tightness (PST). Limited data exist on reliability and responsiveness of the Myotonometer® for assessment of soft tissues about the shoulder; therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the intra- and inter-session reliability and responsiveness of the Myotonometer® in measuring tissue compliance of the posterior shoulder musculature in asymptomatic subjects with PST.

METHODS: Fifteen asymptomatic …