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Inter-Rater Reliability Of The Mckenzie System Of Mechanical Diagnosis And Therapy In The Examination Of The Knee, Sean Willis
Inter-Rater Reliability Of The Mckenzie System Of Mechanical Diagnosis And Therapy In The Examination Of The Knee, Sean Willis
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Objective: The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the inter-rater reliability of the McKenzie System of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) when classifying patients with musculoskeletal knee pain using clinical vignettes. Methods: This study was divided into two phases. First, ten clinicians experienced in the use of MDT were randomly recruited to write a total of 60 clinical vignettes based upon the initial assessment of past patients with knee pain. Second, six different MDT raters were recruited to rate 53 selected vignettes and reliability was determined using Fleiss Kappa. Results: There was “substantial agreement” among six MDT raters …
Impaired Regulation Post-Stroke Of Motor Unit Firing Behavior During Volitional Relaxation Of Knee Extensor Torque Assessed Using High Density Surface Emg Decomposition, Spencer A. Murphy, Reivian Berrios, P. Andrew Nelson, Francesco Negro, Dario Farina, Brian D. Schmit, Allison Hyngstrom
Impaired Regulation Post-Stroke Of Motor Unit Firing Behavior During Volitional Relaxation Of Knee Extensor Torque Assessed Using High Density Surface Emg Decomposition, Spencer A. Murphy, Reivian Berrios, P. Andrew Nelson, Francesco Negro, Dario Farina, Brian D. Schmit, Allison Hyngstrom
Physical Therapy Faculty Research and Publications
The purpose of this study was to use high density surface EMG recordings to quantify stroke-related abnormalities in motor unit firing behavior during repeated sub-maximal knee extensor contractions. A high density surface EMG system (sEMG) was used to record and extract single motor unit firing behavior in the vastus lateralis muscle of 6 individuals with chronic stroke and 8 controls during repeated sub-maximal isometric knee extension contractions. Paretic motor unit firing rates were increased with subsequent contractions (6.19±0.35 pps vs 7.89±0.66 pps, P
Can The Nintendo Wii Be Used As A More Effective Method Of Rehabilitation Than Traditional Physiotherapy Exercises For Patients With Knee Reconstruction Surgery?, Samantha Snyder
PCOM Physician Assistant Studies Student Scholarship
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this selective EBM review is to determine whether or not the Nintendo Wii can be used as a more effective method of rehabilitation than traditional physiotherapy exercises for patients with knee reconstruction surgery?
STUDY DESIGN: Review of three English language primary studies, published after 1999.
DATA SOURCES: Two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and one case study with no comparison group were found using PubMed. These studies analyzed Nintendo Wii intervention in patients that underwent knee reconstructive surgery in need of rehabilitation.
OUTCOME MEASURED: The outcome measured was improvement in balance through use of the Activity-Specific Balance …