Aquatic Exercises and Stretches to Improve Strength, Balance, and Gait in the Neurologic Population by Genevieve Monroe Background: Growing up on an island, I feel in love with water and realized that water was physically and mentally healing. As … Read more
Introduction Asheville, NC and the surrounding area has a strong cycling community and a proactive community of families of children with special needs. It seems logical that the two could come together to form a fun, inclusive organized cycling-based activity … Read more
Injuries and Prevention Strategies for Youth Baseball Athletes By: Sean O’Kelley, SPT Background I have always been involved and had an interest in sports and my passion has carried over to my career goals as a future Physical Therapist. One … Read more
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SCI Video Demonstrations By Karl Lutschewitz Background: This project is inline with the research performed during the Evidence based practice II course and my interest in spinal cord injury rehabilitation. During … Read more
A Review of Non-Exercise Interventions for Knee OA Annemarie Erich, SPT Background My motivation for this project was sparked during my first clinical at the VA Hospital in Salisbury, NC. I worked in an outpatient rehabilitation facility affiliated with the … Read more
WELCOME TO MY CAPSTONE PAGE! THANKS FOR VISITING! The Effect of Preoperative Physical Therapy on Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with End-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis By Jeremy Evans, SPT Background In the spring of 2015, I was fortunate to gain orthopedic … Read more
Chronic Exertional Symptoms Post-Concussion in the Military: Roles of Heart Rate Variability, Exercise, and Text Message Monitoring Created by: Sarah Morrison, SPT Background During my second year clinical rotation in the TBI clinic at Fort Bragg, I came into contact … Read more
Facilitating Health Promotion in Physical Therapy using Yoga by Ginger Garner PT, MPT, ATC This capstone addresses health promotion in physical therapy through yoga with a focus on optimizing health through a biopsychosocial model of care. The project will be … Read more
Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive immune-mediated neurological disorder that results in episodes of inflammation which cause demyelination of nerve fibers leading to lesions within the central nervous system.1 Demyelination slows or disrupts the transmission of nerve conduction causing … Read more
