Physical Therapy

Harris, Susan, E.;Cherry, Dianne, B.

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.4pmid: 4418859

Abstract A review of childhood progressive muscular dystrophy–its history, symptomatology, diagnosis, and treatment–is presented. The treatment program of an established muscle disease clinic is outlined and the results of the program are presented. Emphasis is placed on an aggressive program of keeping the child active and functional. The physical therapist is an educator, supervisor, and participant in the delivery of care to the patient. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes This study was supported in part by a grant from the Muscular Disease Society of Northeastern Ohio. © 1974 by the American Physical Therapy Association, Inc

Smidt, Gary, L.

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.13pmid: 4422731

Abstract As one of the most frequently performed motor acts, walking has been studied from numerous approaches. In this paper, these methods of studying gait have been classified within four groups: observation, holistic, segmental, and comprehensive. Key contributions from a historical perspective, recent developments in the study of gait, and selected results from formal studies are presented for each category. Observation is a useful clinical tool and methods used in the laboratory have revealed selected characteristics of normal and abnormal walking and, to a limited extent, have provided information on the effectiveness of treatment for gait disorders. Methods which offer objective data have not been translated to widespread clinical use, but the need for this transition remains paramount if the health practitioner is to know whether various forms of treatment are beneficial to patients who walk in some abnormal fashion. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1974 by the American Physical Therapy Association, Inc

Parris, Regina, Bodenheim

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.18pmid: 4421044

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Echternach, John, L.

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.19pmid: 4422768

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Pendleton, Thelma, B.;Coleman, Mary, M.;Grossman, Burton, J.

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.23pmid: 4420685

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Garmon, Emilie, S.

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.25pmid: 4421046

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Colby, Jane, A.

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.26pmid: 4417514

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Decker,, Ruby

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.27pmid: 4608297

Article PDF first page preview Close This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes Adapted from a paper presented at the forty-eighth Annual Conference of the American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Education, Boston, MA 1971. © 1974 by the American Physical Therapy Association, Inc

Hogue, Raymond, E.

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.32pmid: 4421045

Article PDF first page preview Close This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes Adapted from a paper presented at the forty-eighth Annual Conference of the American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Education, Boston, MA 1971. © 1974 by the American Physical Therapy Association, Inc

Johnson, Geneva, R.

doi: 10.1093/ptj/54.1.37pmid: 4153803

Article PDF first page preview Close This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes Adapted from a paper presented at the forty-eighth Annual Conference of the American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Education, Boston, MA 1971. © 1974 by the American Physical Therapy Association, Inc