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Bone Health SIG
| SIG Description |
- The primary purposes of
the Bone Health SIG is to:
- Raise awareness of the role of physical therapy in the promotion of bone health across the lifespan: to increasing bone mass in youth, reduce age related bone loss, and reduce fracture risk
- Raise awareness of the role of physical therapy in the promotion of bone health across the lifespan: to increasing bone mass in youth, reduce age related bone loss, and reduce fracture risk
- Provide a forum through which individuals
can meet and share ideas for promoting physical therapy
for people with or at risk of developing this these
conditions
- Help promote communication with the
public regarding the role of physical therapy in osteoporosis
prevention and treatment
- Promotion of physical therapy for
this cross-sectional population includes communication
among physical therapist and physical therapist assistant
educators, clinicians, researchers, and other health
care professionals. The SIG plans to collaborate with
other sections to update osteoporosis information and
provide osteoporosis curriculum for entry and post professional
educational programs and foster research that supports
evidence-based care for this population.
- Since the Bone Health SIG
is new, effort has been directed towards identification
of members and committees, and development of a means
for electronic communication among members. A list-serve
moderator needs to be identified. Mechanisms to identify
members' needs and for determining multi-section support
and membership are being explored.
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| Leadership |
- Carleen Lindsey, PT,MS,GCS - Chair
- Nancy Abodeely, PT,MA,OCS - Vice Chair
- Melissa Peterson, PT, PhD, GCS - Secretary
- Cindy Horn, PT - Nominating Committee Chair
- Tim Kauffman, PT, PhD- Nominating Committee member
- Karen Kemmis, PT, DPT, CDE- Nominating Committee member
- Kathy Shipp, PT, MHS, PhD - Education Committee Chair
- Nancy Abodeely, PT,MA,OCS - Practice Committee Chair
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| News & Information in BHSIG |
- 3/4/09 - CSM Business Meeting notes for BH SIG - download pdf
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| Media Resources |
 Instructional Video: Kypholordosis Measurement
- It is our pleasure to present you with a
teaching disc on the measurement of kypholordosis,
produced by the Bone Health Special Interest Group
of the Section on Geriatrics, American Physical Therapy
Association.
Physical therapy interventions for treatment of impaired spinal posture need to
be determined through the use of evidence-based
evaluation procedures. Utilization
of the flexible curve procedure is an efficient and
cost effective method for obtaining valid and reproducible
objective measurements of individuals with kypholordosis.
This disc will present the rationale, measurement
process, and 4 different patient examples of kypholordosis
measurement using a flexible curve. The disc has
been authored by Carleen Lindsey, PT, MS, GCS, a
Section on Geriatrics member who has been utilizing
the flexible curve for patient spinal posture assessment
since 1978. She has been teaching the technique
to therapists for several decades, and has found
it takes about 2 hours in the classroom to adequately
teach the procedure to therapists. This disc
has been created in hopes that therapists can learn
the technique without having to attend a continuing
education course. By demonstrating the procedure
on four different patients, with four different types
of kypholordosis, the fundamentals of the flexible
curve measurement technique can be learned.
This disc contains
5 Adobe PDF documents and 5 video files.
- The 5 PDF files are:
- A: Contents & Instructions
- B: Why
use a Flexible Curve?
- Introduction
- Appropriate
Patients
- Importance
of Monitoring Kyphosis
- Validity
- Reliability
- Practicality
- Assessing
Change Over Time
- References
- C: Equipment List
- D: Measurement
Protocol
- E: Using Flexible Curve Data
- Patient
Histories and Flexible Curve Data
- Treatment
Recommendations for Each Patient
- The 5 video files are:
- Donna (42 year old female
with near normal kypholordosis)
- Ted (79
year old male with severe kyphoscoliosis and
near zero lordosis)
- Lucile (86 year old
female with moderately severe kyphosis)
- Barbara (72
year old female with severe kyphosis, including
a lordotic segment within the kyphosis)
- Tracing
Technique (demonstration of tracing the flexible
curve onto graph paper, and calculations) WATCH SAMPLE VIDEO
- CUSTOMER TESTEMONIAL:
- "After watching the Kypholordosis Instructional Video, I ordered 6 of the 24" flexible curves. I will be using them in the clinic and at school (in the PT program) to show the students. I wish I knew about it years ago so I could have been taking objective measurements of patients. Subjectively, patients who have been consistent with their home exercise program seem to have decreased kyphosis but I've never been able to measure and document. I want students to learn this technique early and use it throughout their career. "
-Valerie Lapena, PT, GCS
Los Angeles, CA
- Video Prices
- $25.00: Geriatrics Member
$35.00: APTA Member
$50.00: Non-Member
- Flexible Curve Prices
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BHSIG PowerPoint Presentation
- The Section on Geriatrics Bone Health Special Interest Group developed a Power Point presentation that can be used by Section members at local meetings and presentations.. Members may tailor it to their audiences and add their company/institutional logos. Click here to download Powerpoint (Section Members Only)
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Choices for Better Bone Health: Program Materials
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Facilitator Book Session 1
Facilitator Book Session 2
Facilitator Book Session 3
Facilitator Book Session 4
Facilitator Book Session 5
Participant Book Session 1
Participant Book Session 2
Participant Book Session 3
Participant Book Session 4
Participant Book Session 5
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Demographic Questionnaire
Questionnaire 1-3: Participant Information Questionnaire
Questionnaire 4: Course Satisfaction Questionnaire
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