Can AI Predict Patient Fall Risk Based on Core Density?
A new study looked at whether AI analysis of routine abdominal CT scans can identify adults—starting as early as midlife—who are at higher risk of falling by assessing abdominal muscle quality.
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Ceramides Key in Aging Muscle Health
When mice age, their muscles become packed with ceramides. Ceramide blockers prevent muscle mass loss during aging and make mice stronger.
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3 Reasons to Improve Your Core Strength
Here's why you should pay attention to your core strength, according to Michigan Medicine.
How Exercise Impacts Parkinson’s Disease
A regimen of intense exercise has been shown to be very beneficial for people with Parkinson’s disease. A physician from Hackensack Meridian Health explains more in this article.
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Improve Strength and Balance with CobbleFoam from OPTP
OPTP launches the CobbleFoam Uneven-Surface Balance Trainer, designed to simulate the challenges of moving on uneven terrain to help people improve their strength and balance.
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Cubii Ranked 77th Fastest-Growing Company in North America
Cubii (Fitness Cubed Inc) announces it ranked No. 77 overall and No. 4 in the Electronics/ Hardware category on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list, ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America.
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Physical Therapy to the Rescue
Erin Holland, PT, DPT, OCS, and Shirish Sachdeva, PT, DPT, MS, PGD-PPHC, FOR, BPT, explain how PT improved fitness and wellness during the pandemic, in this feature for Physical Therapy Products.
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OPTP Introduces New Hanging Handles by Bob & Brad
OPTP introduces Hanging Handles by Bob and Brad, an exclusive new training product created by physical therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck.
Read MoreTherapeutic Conditioning Product Showcase
Keep therapy engaging and effective with these technologies manufactured with the PT clinic in mind, featured in the August/September 2020 issue of Physical Therapy Products.
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Call to Action: Return to Safe Exercise During Pandemic
There are multiple guidelines in the era of COVID-19 that focus on elite athletes. This is one for the ‘everyman.’
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Manual Therapy to Chest Muscles Helps Coronavirus Patients Breathe Easier During Recovery
A special type of physical therapy is helping some patients with the novel coronavirus breathe more easily. The type of physical therapy, called manual therapy, is a bit different from the typical physical therapy and has helped some COVID-19 patients, according to Fox News.
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The Case for Dynamic Stretching
It comes down to increasing muscle strength throughout a full range of motion with benefits that extend far beyond improved joint stability. Check out these examples.
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OPTP Introduces the Grip & Forearm Strengthener
The Grip & Forearm Strengthener by Bob and Brad, new from OPTP, is designed to allow users to perform exercises to help improve range of motion and help strengthen fingers, wrists and forearms.
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Do This to Improve Your Joint Health for Easier Movement and Longevity
A physical therapist and an orthopedist/sports medicine professional share these five workouts designed to help improve joint health, in Well + Good.
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Does Athletico Have a Good Idea?
Poor muscle strength, balance issues, and pain symptoms are among the complications that affect people recovering from COVID-19. Why shouldn’t this population have its own rehab program? Athletico thinks it should.
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Register for a Live Demo of the Harmony SHR Upper Body Rehab System
Harmonic Bionics Inc will be hosting live virtual demos of the company’s new upper body robotic rehabilitation system, Harmony SHR, it announces.
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Add This to ACL Rehab To Help Improve Physical Therapy Outcomes
People with anterior cruciate ligament injuries can lose up to 40% of the muscle strength in the affected leg–with muscle atrophy remaining a big problem even after ACL reconstruction and physical therapy. Adding eccentric exercises could dramatically increase muscle volume and improve outcomes for patients, according to a University of Michigan study in rats, published in Journal of Athletic Training.
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HSS Awarded Grant to Study Blood Flow Restriction Therapy After Achilles Tendon Repair
Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City has received an $18,000 grant from the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society’s Research Committee to study the effect of blood flow restriction (BFR) therapy following Achilles tendon rupture and repair.
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