Graft Choices and Outcomes in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Guide for Physical Therapy Students Reid Medlin, SPT Background During my first clinical rotation at an outpatient orthopedic clinic, I worked with several patients who were either planning on having … Read more
Childhood Obesity: Implications for Physical Therapy by Deidra Debnam, SPT In Evidence-Based Practice II, I prepared a Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) paper that summarized my systematic search and critical appraisal of research evidence related to the efficacy of interventions focused … Read more
The goal of my project was twofold: -1. Give physical therapists guidance regarding rehabilitation of patients who had undergone either lumbar discectomy/laminectomy or a fusion. Based on a literature review, MaesK-evidence%20table%20capstone%202015-2 I created a protocol for each patient population. For lumbar … Read more
Ankle Injury Prevention Methods and Principles by: Nicholas C. Mang, SPT Background: The motivation behind this capstone project was fueled by my desire to reduce the incidence of lateral ankle sprain in the general public and in athletes. I recognized the opportunity … Read more
Kinetic Chain Concepts and Exercise Progression for Tennis Players Mijo Tomislav Cotic, SPT Overview My interest in overhead athletes and the sports medicine setting of physical therapy stems from my experience as an NCAA tennis student-athlete. I experienced numerous injuries … Read more
Kenneth C Ngwu Jr., SPT INTRODUCTION As a former collegiate athlete, I’ve had the pleasure of utilizing kettlebells for improvement of sports performance. I have also utilized them during many CrossFit workouts for maintenance of my overall health and fitness. … Read more
Overview: For my Capstone, I am completing a research project on evaluating running form and I have briefly described the project and preliminary results below. My goals from here are to continue analyzing the results and to submit the final … Read more
Shoulder Injury Prevention Program for Competitive Swimmers Noelle Martin Overview: Swimming consists of four strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Freestyle is the fastest of the four strokes and commands the majority of practice time. The average competitive swimmer practices … Read more
Overview As a third year DPT student who is interested in the orthopedic setting, I have noticed a surge in popularity surrounding platelet rich plasma (PRP) in the use for multiple injuries. For my final capstone assignment, I chose to … Read more
Multidirectional Instability and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Evaluation and Treatment of the Shoulder Jessica Rolle, SPT Spring 2014 1 … Read more
