Bridging the Gap: Transition from Hospital to Home for SCI
Bridging the Gap: Transition from Hospital to Home for SCI Sara Galante, SPT & Austin White, SPT Background Our passion for patient education and working with individuals who have neurological injuries brought us together as teammates for our second year … Read more
Bridging the Gap: Transition from Hospital to Home for SCI
Bridging the Gap: Transition from Hospital to Home for SCI Sara Galante, SPT & Austin White, SPT Background Our passion for patient education and working with individuals who have neurological injuries brought us together as teammates for our second year … Read more
The Potential Benefits of Functional Electrical Stimulation for Motor Return with Patients with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Lukas Sand, SPT, MS, ATC Background: During one of my PT rotations, my clinical instructor (CI) and I were working with a patient with an incomplete spinal cord injury who demonstrated significant weakness in the dorsiflexor muscle group and knee … Read more
Prevention of Shoulder Pain and Overuse Injuries in Manual Wheelchair Users
Prevention of Shoulder Pain and Overuse Injuries in Manual Wheelchair Users By Austin Leedy, SPT 1 Overview In the United States, there are approximately 1.5 million manual wheelchair users and 70% of this population report experiencing shoulder pain making it … Read more
LE Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling for Stroke and SCI
Lower Extremity Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Training in Rehabilitation Post Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury by Brandon Lindquist [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGfjkDAJ40w&list=PL7AA3B9D92429123A&index=2[/youtube] Introduction During a clinical rotation at a skilled nursing facility (SNF) I was introduced to patterned electrical neuromuscular stimulation (PENS). The … Read more