A study conducted with researchers from University of California, San Francisco and University of Rhode Island demonstrated that, with Hinge Health, 3.7x more participants avoided acute pain progressing to chronic pain compared to nonparticipants. This new prospective...
There are many options for software designed to aid physical therapy clinics in managing their practices, which can make winnowing down the list of ideal candidates a daunting task. With this in mind, Physical Therapy Products put together this roundtable of...
For the sixth-consecutive season, players throughout the National Football League (NFL) will raise awareness for non-profit organizations and causes on the field through the My Cause My Cleats campaign, which allows players to utilize their platform by...
Knee replacement surgery is considered one of the most effective and predictable procedures in orthopedic surgery today. Hundreds of thousands of patients opt for the procedure each year to relieve arthritis pain and restore function and mobility, but it’s not...
Scientists affiliated with the Department of Physical Education’s Human Movement Laboratory (Movi-Lab) at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Bauru, Brazil, are using artificial intelligence to help diagnose Parkinson’s disease and estimate its progression. An...
Taking anti-inflammatory pain relievers like ibuprofen and naproxen for osteoarthritis may worsen osteoarthritis inflammation in the knee joint over time, according to a new study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of...
A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, demonstrated that shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is associated with an almost 30% higher long-term risk of a major cardiovascular...
Lifestyle choices, such as diet and smoking, and illness all contribute to accelerating biological age beyond one’s chronological age. In other words, your body is aging faster than expected. And for the first time, researchers have found that muscle weakness marked...
US Senators Tom Carper (D-Del), senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo) recently introduced legislation (Senate Bill 5) to make it easier for Medicare Part B beneficiaries to see a licensed physical therapy assistant (PTA) or...
A year of aerobic exercise training reduced impedance (effective resistance to blood flow) in the brain blood vessels of older adults, according to a new study from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas....
