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Impact Of A Self-Help Intervention On Performance Of Headache Management Behaviors: A Self-Efficacy Approach, Dale S. Bond, Lynne Durrant, Kathleen B. Digre, Susan K. Baggaley, Carla Rubingh Jan 2004

Impact Of A Self-Help Intervention On Performance Of Headache Management Behaviors: A Self-Efficacy Approach, Dale S. Bond, Lynne Durrant, Kathleen B. Digre, Susan K. Baggaley, Carla Rubingh

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

This study evaluated the importance of modeling and performance accomplishment of behavior on enhancing headache management self-efficacy and increasing acquisition and implementation of four headache self-management behaviors: headache diary use, limiting medication overuse, relaxation, and stretching. Primary headache disordered patients (n = 51) were randomly assigned to 3 conditions: self-efficacy videotape treatment (SET; education + modeling and performance of behavior), information-only videotape treatment (IOT; education only), or no-treatment comparison (NTC). The SET group reported higher self-efficacy scores than the NTC at immediate post-treatment. At 1-month follow-up, the SET group reported more headache diary use than the IOT and NCT groups, …

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Considering Physical Inactivity In Relation To Obesity, Janet C. Struber Jan 2004

Considering Physical Inactivity In Relation To Obesity, Janet C. Struber

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Physical inactivity and obesity contribute enormously to the current burden of disease in Australia, as in all Western Countries. Although diet and exercise have been linked to health since antiquity, the connection has recently experienced a revival of interest. There is mounting evidence that the current prevalence of obesity is more closely related to decreases in energy expenditure than to the traditionally accepted imbalance between consumption and expenditure, and that physical activity is therefore crucial in maintaining weight loss. With overweight[1] and obesity[2] now the norm in Australia, physical inactivity is a major issue within and beyond the health sector, …

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Preliminary Studies On Efficacy Of Prolonged Nasal Cul-De-Sac With High Pressure Speech Acts (P.I.N.C.H.) On Hypernasality, Helene Rosman Fisher Jan 2004

Preliminary Studies On Efficacy Of Prolonged Nasal Cul-De-Sac With High Pressure Speech Acts (P.I.N.C.H.) On Hypernasality, Helene Rosman Fisher

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Prolonged Nasal Cul-De-Sac with High Pressure Speech Acts (P.i.N.C.H.), a technique to treat hypernasality, was developed upon the basis of four physiological principles of velopharyngeal function. Preliminary experimental and clinical studies were conducted to determine the efficacy of P.i.N.C.H. in decreasing nasalance in 5 non-cleft palate subjects with velopharyngeal incompetence over a 3-week to 22 month period of time. Results revealed statistically significant decreases in nasalance for posttreatment measures immediately after treatment as well as over several months. It was concluded that P.i.N.C.H. warrants further investigation.

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Observations On Prayer As A Viable Treatment Intervention: A Brief Review For Healthcare Providers, Matthew R. Kutz Jan 2004

Observations On Prayer As A Viable Treatment Intervention: A Brief Review For Healthcare Providers, Matthew R. Kutz

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Prayer continues to gain much notoriety and attention as a medical intervention. There are many places now advocating spirituality as a form of health care. As clinical practices seek to enhance the quality of care given, attention should be given to the implementation of prayer into clinical practice. Family physicians have begun dialogue over how to take a spiritual history or inventory of their patients in order to assist in recovery and prevention if illness and disease.1 Larimore1 reports that 99% of surveyed family physicians (n=296) believe that religious beliefs can heal, 75% believe other people’s prayers (i.e., intercessory prayer) …

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Assimilating Intensive Writing Into Respiratory Therapy Instruction: One Baccalaureate Program’S Experience, Lynda Thomas Goodfellow, Meghana Patil Jan 2004

Assimilating Intensive Writing Into Respiratory Therapy Instruction: One Baccalaureate Program’S Experience, Lynda Thomas Goodfellow, Meghana Patil

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Writing is an important tool in the process of learning and communication. Many universities across the United States recognize the importance of implementing writing into respective learning disciplines through a number of approaches. A respiratory therapy program at a large urban university recently assimilated a writing intensive course into their baccalaureate curriculum over a two-year period. A faculty member and a graduate teaching assistant planned as co-instructors various writing assignments that would incorporate writing as an activity to promote critical thinking and learning. The instructors made a dedicated effort to improve professional communication skills through various writing-to-learn strategies and observed …

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Ethical And Legal Analysis Of A Patient Case, Rolando T. Lazaro Jan 2004

Ethical And Legal Analysis Of A Patient Case, Rolando T. Lazaro

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

As health care professionals encounter increasingly complex issues surrounding patient care, it is important to develop an effective approach in investigating the legal and ethical consequences of such scenarios. This paper presents a systematic process to analyze and solve the legal and ethical implications of a specific patient case. This procedure may be used by other practitioners as a template for analyzing practice issues involving their respective professions.

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Self-Reported Versus Recorded Sleep Position: An Observational Study, Susan J. Gordon, Karen A. Grimmer, Patricia Trott Jan 2004

Self-Reported Versus Recorded Sleep Position: An Observational Study, Susan J. Gordon, Karen A. Grimmer, Patricia Trott

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Background: Patient reports of ‘usual’ and ‘recent’ sleep positions are used by allied health professionals to direct the management of waking and nocturnal musculoskeletal symptoms. However no published studies have determined if self reports of sleep position are valid, consistent or reliable. An observational study was conducted at the Centre for Sleep Research of the University of South Australia. Twelve subjects, four in each of the age groups 18 to 39 years, 40 to 59 years and 60 years and over, without any known sleep disorders or sleep-disturbing medical or emotional problems participated in the study. Subjects spent two non-consecutive …

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Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 6 (November 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University Nov 2003

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 6 (November 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

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Reconstructing The Genomic Architecture Of Mammalian Ancestors Using Multispecies Comparative Maps, William J. Murphy, Guillaume Bourque, Glenn Tesler, Pavel Pevzner, Stephen J. O'Brien Nov 2003

Reconstructing The Genomic Architecture Of Mammalian Ancestors Using Multispecies Comparative Maps, William J. Murphy, Guillaume Bourque, Glenn Tesler, Pavel Pevzner, Stephen J. O'Brien

Biology Faculty Articles

Rapidly developing comparative gene maps in selected mammal species are providing an opportunity to reconstruct the genomic architecture of mammalian ancestors and study rearrangements that transformed this ancestral genome into existing mammalian genomes. Here, the recently developed Multiple Genome Rearrangement (MGR) algorithm is applied to human, mouse, cat and cattle comparative maps (with 311-470 shared markers) to impute the ancestral mammalian genome. Reconstructed ancestors consist of 70-100 conserved segments shared across the genomes that have been exchanged by rearrangement events along the ordinal lineages leading to modern species genomes. Genomic distances between species, dominated by inversions (reversals) and translocations, are …

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Com Outlook Fall 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine Oct 2003

Com Outlook Fall 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

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Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 5 (September 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University Sep 2003

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 5 (September 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

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Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 4 (July 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University Jul 2003

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 4 (July 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

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Com Outlook Summer 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine Jul 2003

Com Outlook Summer 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

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College Of Allied Health And Nursing Student Handbook July 2003, Nova Southeastern University Jul 2003

College Of Allied Health And Nursing Student Handbook July 2003, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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College Of Optometry Student Handbook 2003, Nova Southeastern University Jul 2003

College Of Optometry Student Handbook 2003, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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College Of Medical Science Student Handbook July 2003, Nova Southeastern University Jul 2003

College Of Medical Science Student Handbook July 2003, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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College Of Dental Medicine Student Handbook July 2003, Nova Southeastern University Jul 2003

College Of Dental Medicine Student Handbook July 2003, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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Telehealth: A Model For Clinical Supervision In Allied Health, Thomas W. Miller, Jean M. Miller, Deborah Burton, Rob Sprang, Jeanine Adams Jul 2003

Telehealth: A Model For Clinical Supervision In Allied Health, Thomas W. Miller, Jean M. Miller, Deborah Burton, Rob Sprang, Jeanine Adams

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Telehealth technology and services have gained the attention of both clinicians and researchers examining trends and models of health care for underserved populations. Examined is a model where professional supervision for interns and other professionals may be achieved through an integrated model using onsite and telehealth technology. Examined is a model of telehealth service delivery, the interface of clinical supervision and health care and a model for supervision of allied health interns in rural placements.

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E-Health: A New Approach In Healthcare Practice, Vinod K. Podichetty, Robert S. Biscup Jul 2003

E-Health: A New Approach In Healthcare Practice, Vinod K. Podichetty, Robert S. Biscup

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

The Internet offers an unprecedented opportunity for healthcare information to be disseminated instantaneously. Quality of information, both scientific and nonscientific, and the development of tools to disseminate information securely via the Internet are the two most important issues related to achieving effective and wider exchange of health information. For the first time ever, information can be exchanged simultaneously and interactively all around the world, with the potential of being equally available to healthcare professionals as well as to patients. The big difference between yesterday's knowledge-based patient care and that of tomorrow, is a fundamental premise that patients will explore the …

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Effectiveness Of Visual Perceptual Learning On Inter-Therapist Reliability Of Lumbar Spine Mobilization, Chad E. Cook Jul 2003

Effectiveness Of Visual Perceptual Learning On Inter-Therapist Reliability Of Lumbar Spine Mobilization, Chad E. Cook

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Manual therapy is a widely used treatment technique among physical therapists and is effective in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. The theory behind the selection of the appropriate grade of mobilization dictates that proper assessment of the stiffness or resistance of a joint must occur in order to assign the therapeutic intensity. Educational models to teach this theory have shown variable success. In numerous studies, the reliability of clinicians' assessment of stiffness and movement assessment is poor. This present study involved a pre-perceptual educational model designed for 22 practicing physical therapists that performed Grade I, II, III and IV mobilizations …

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The Low Vision Rehabilitative Service, Part One: Understanding Low Vision, Joseph J. Pizzimenti Jul 2003

The Low Vision Rehabilitative Service, Part One: Understanding Low Vision, Joseph J. Pizzimenti

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Allied health professionals are becoming increasingly adept at identifying persons that are living with low vision. Low vision rehabilitation is among the emerging areas of practice for various allied health care providers. This paper, the first of a two-part feature, provides background information that will help the allied health professional to better understand the person who will be receiving these services. The paper discusses the impact of functional vision loss, and presents a four-phase, interdisciplinary model of low vision services that can be applied to any setting, whether clinical or non-clinical. Finally, this paper describes the potential roles of the …

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Ethical Impact Of Changes In Health Care On The Role Of Medicine In Society And The Physician - Patient Relationship, Albert Simon Jul 2003

Ethical Impact Of Changes In Health Care On The Role Of Medicine In Society And The Physician - Patient Relationship, Albert Simon

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Patients contact a myriad of different health care personnel in their trek through the American health care system. In the 1950s on the numerous TV shows about medicine, it was easy to discern “who was who” in the health care cast of characters in these portrayals. The physicians, like Dr. Kildare, were always male, clean cut and serious looking. Nurses wore starched white dresses with nursing caps and distinctive pins; they instantly obeyed the doctor’s orders (including the one to make the doctor a cup of coffee). For better or worse it is a different world now than it was …

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Physiotherapy In Australia - Where To Now?, Janet C. Struber Jul 2003

Physiotherapy In Australia - Where To Now?, Janet C. Struber

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

The physiotherapy profession in Australia appears to have been caught unawares by the rapidly changing demography of health services and now seems to lack a clear identity and vision. Despite being a highly competitive profession to enter, attrition rates are high. This paper reflects on the history of physiotherapy in Australia and the dichotomy of paradigms it now faces, and suggests a possible option for the future, given that existing physiotherapy roles appear difficult to sustain in our current health care climate.

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Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 3 (May 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University May 2003

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 3 (May 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

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Com Outlook Spring 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine Apr 2003

Com Outlook Spring 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

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Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 2 (March 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University Mar 2003

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 2 (March 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

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Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 1 (January 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University Jan 2003

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 1 (January 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

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Com Outlook Winter 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine Jan 2003

Com Outlook Winter 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

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College Of Osteopathic Medicine Student Handbook, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2003

College Of Osteopathic Medicine Student Handbook, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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College Of Osteopathic Medicine Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2003

College Of Osteopathic Medicine Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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