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Validity Of The Promis Physical Performance Scale In Determining Frailty And Physical Ability In Community-Dwelling Elderly, Jeff Houck, Tomoko Iwanaga, Christine Kieu, Keegan Lerma, Chelan Murasaki, Tawny Souza

Student-Faculty Research - College of Physical Therapy

In many clinical settings, therapists are continuously seeking efficient and valid assessments for older adults to determine their physical abilities and functional status. The Patient Reported Outcome Instrument System (PROMIS) is a newly developed computer adapted test (CAT) that is being incorporated into electronic medical records and has been reported to assess a person’s physical function. The current gold standard to assess different levels of frailty and physical function in older individuals is the Modified Physical Performance Test (mPPT). However, the mPPT is a lengthy performance based outcome measure that takes time to administer. The purpose of this study is …

Sit-To-Stand Symmetry In Individuals With Hip Pathology, Natash Bui, Andrew Carlson, Caitie Hepner, Ashlyn Logan, Travis Munnell, Bret Reordan, Andrew J. Meszaros

Student-Faculty Research - College of Physical Therapy

Hip fractures occur approximately in 300K individuals aged 65+ annually post-fall

53.3% will sustain another fall; Mortality rate > 25%

The sit-to-stand (STS) task is impacted by hip fractures.

vGRF asymmetry with STS post-hip fracture (Houck et al.)

Hip fracture side < non-fractured side

Asymmetry not fully explained by LE strength in hip fracture nor CVA

The Use Of The Modified Vestibular Activities Of Daily Living Scale In The Examination Of Older Adults, Lauren Calvert, Shane Durando, Bethany Nguyen, Gregory Schuft, Luke Snelling, Theresa Raudsepp, Cindy Zablotny

Student-Faculty Research - College of Physical Therapy

•30-60% community dwelling older adults fall each year, which is the leading cause of injury, death, and traumatic hospital admissions in the elderly.1 This costs the U.S. health care system $20-30 billion per year.2 Currently used older adult self-report measures demonstrate poor responsiveness3, thus failing to detect a decline in function on early enough for preventative physical therapy intervention.

•The Vestibular Activities of Daily Living Scale (VADL) is a self-report measure developed to determine activity & participation restrictions in patients with vestbular dysfunction. This scale clearly delineates important tasks and categories of independence, which would be applicable to the assessment …

Can The Nordic Hamstring Test Identify Collegiate Athletes At Risk For A Time-Loss Hamstring Injury?, Nathanael Bush, Erica Haessler, Jennifer Peet, Lisa Koslicki, Jake Watson, Jason Brumitt

Student-Faculty Research - College of Physical Therapy

Why Nordic Hamstring?

• Hamstrings are the most commonly injured muscle in sprinting and

  kicking sports (soccer, football and rugby).

• Recurrent hamstring injuries lead to longer time loss than the original injury.

• Despite the presence of preventa- tive programs, research has not yet documented an effective, low-cost, widely accessible test to determine hamstring injury risk.

Clinical And Lab Based Measures Of Physical Status Following Rehabilitation For Ankle Fractures, Jeffrey Houck

Student-Faculty Research - College of Physical Therapy

Ankle fractures are one of the most common injuries of the lower extremity. A recent study shows that rapid functional gains over the first 6 months after an ankle fracture are common, but there are little to no gains 18-24 months into the recovery cycle (Beckenkamp, 2014). When looking at how well patients recovered after surgery, patients are categorized as having good recovery yet are still unable to return to their previous level of sport (Hong, 2013). This brings up the issue of whether there are performance based tests that would be appropriate for ankle fracture patients to determine return …

Preventing Running Injuries Using A Pre-Running Exercise Program (Prep): A Pilot Study, P. Jaques, T. Mcgrath, K. Rasmussen, J. Irwin, J. Winslow, M. Strong, G. Macias, Tyler Cuddeford

Student-Faculty Research - College of Physical Therapy

Hypothesis: An 8 week supervised PREP implemented prior to a 5k running program will reduce the incidence of RRI's among novice runners training for a 5k below the previously published incidence rates.