PhysioU supports Deep Learning with Free Access for All Schools Globally affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic!

Dear Colleagues,

All schools in the United States and likely other nations have been forced to shift immediately into an online-only model of education. This has been disruptive for all of us, faculty and students alike.

In this critical moment, PhysioU has decided that all impacted schools globally should have access to the evidence-based learning apps to minimize the burden on faculty and enhance deep learning for the students extended through August 15, 2020!

Learn more about signing up for your academic institution here: www.physiou.com/coronavirus

PhysioU is currently developing more apps, more simulations and new content to support education around the world for programs in the allied health professions. I look forward to connecting with you (education@physiou.com) if you have ideas or questions related to using PhysioU to enhance online learning!

Also, view the recent Faculty Webinar about PhysioU in the online learning environment: Quick tips for integration

Regards,
Mike

Michael Wong, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
CEO/Co-founder, PhysioU
Associate Professor, Azusa Pacific University

Coronavirus in China and PhysioU (Chinese translations now available in PhysioU web apps!)

Three weeks ago, Dr. Yang Sun, PT. PhD. from the Shanghai University of Sport wrote us this email:

"Hi Michael,

I think you already got the news about the new coronavirus diseases in China. My family and I are good. But it is really changing our life here.

I just got a notification from my university today. The students can’t go back to school maybe until May. All the courses should be taught online before that. We are not the only one, this will be happened in all the Universities in China. 

So I think, Do we have any possible to launch at least the Chinese Version of CPR (Clinical Pattern Recognition App) ASAP in China? I think it will really help a lot people. Let me know your thoughts!!

Yours, Yang

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Yang Sun, PT, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy and Sports Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport

USC Orthopedic Physical Therapy Resident (2016-2017)

USC Spine Physical Therapy Fellowship (2017-2018)

The amazing effort and care that Chinese Faculty have for their students, in these times of trouble should be admired! The students I have met, and taught are eager, willing and bright. 

Your support of PhysioU has allowed us to pay translators to unlock the Clinical Practice Guidelines in our apps to enhance learning in this new "Hybrid" environment that our Chinese colleagues are now asked to teach in! 

The learning must go on! 

Each PhysioU subscriber can take pride in supporting the educational needs of many international groups, and in particular China!

Keep up the hard work! 加油!!!

China Physiotherapist, students and faculty! PhysioU salutes you!!

The PhysioU Team

*If you notice the Chinese characters currently shown in the app, it is because we have rushed to release the Chinese translations for our Chinese colleagues, our programmers are working around the clock to make it easy to show or hide the translation depending on who needs to see it!

See you at CSM 2020! We’re at booth #1741!

APTA CSM Denver is just around the corner!

We're looking forward to seeing you at CSM. Please come by our booth to meet the team, learn more about PhysioU and all the new apps in the pipeline!

Here are the exhibit hall hours :

Thu, Feb 13, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Fri, Feb 14, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Sat, Feb 15, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm

(Unopposed hours: 10:00 am – 11:00 am; 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm)

See you all at BOOTH #1741!

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The PhysioU team will be speaking in multiple sessions this year. Come early and get a good seat! Here's the when, where, and what:

Friday, Feb 14, 2020, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 

OR-3034 - Sports Medicine Secrets: Evidence-Based Lower Extremity Sports Movement Analysis: Sprinting, Cutting, and Jumping

Location:  Colorado Convention Center - Bellco 2

Speakers: Marshall LeMoine, Michael Wong, Andrew S. Morcos, Stephania Bell

Saturday, Feb 15, 2020, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 

FD-1800 - A CPG to Recognize Health Conditions That May Necessitate Referral

Location:  Embassy Suites - Crestone Ballroom

Speakers: Rebecca Junelle Vogsland, Joseph Godges, Todd Davenport, Michael Wong, James Koo, Emmanuel Yung, Craig P. Hensley

Saturday, Feb 15, 2020, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM 

ED-2112 - Physical Therapy Education—China, India, the Philippines, and the United States: Global Perspectives, Local Implications

Location:  Colorado Convention Center - 708/710/712 West

Speakers: Lee B. Nelson, Julia To Dutka, Jennifer Audette, Kshamata Shah, Michael Soong-Gae Wong, Rolando T. Lazaro, Li Li

Poster Presentation | Saturday, Feb 15, 2020, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Blood-Pressure-Related Hypoalgesia and Comparative Sympathoinhibition during Mobilizations in Neck Pain- Concurrent Analyses from an RCT

Location:  Colorado Convention Center - 401/402

Authors: Emmanuel Yan Yung, PT, DPT, MA, Michael Soong-Gae Wong, PT, DPT, Cheongeun Oh, Jason Keith Grimes, PT, DPT, PhD, Erica Mae Barton, PT, DPT, Muhammad Imran Ali, PT, DPT and Allison L. Breakey, PT

Global Impact Initiative with Cambodia Physical Therapy Association

PhysioU is proud to announce another Global impact initiative to bring guideline-based education to its partner organization Cambodia Physical Therapy Association (CPTA).

PhysioU now supports all members of the CPTA with full access to its suite of evidence-based apps to enhance clinician education and in clinic efficiency.

Group photo from a recent CPTA conference

"Transforming the way we translate research into learning and clinical practice is the dream of the PhysioU team. Partnering with the Cambodia Physical Therapy Association allows us to leverage technology to bring new techniques, testing, movement analysis to transform clinical practice and education at a larger scale!" said Dr. Michael Wong, Founder of PhysioU.

Song Sit, President of CPTA

The President of the Cambodian Physical Therapy Association, Song Sit, said "The positive impact of this partnership helps our association in 3 specific ways:

1. To increase the CPTA members in 2020 and the following years comparing to CPTA members in 2019.

2. To improve the quality of physical therapy assessment and interventions of CPTA members on the relevant conditions by using tools from PhysioU.

3. To improve the quality of physical therapy education (associated degree program and bachelor bridging program) by using the tools from PhysioU.”

Leaders of CPTA

All PhysioU subscribers can take pride in the international support that they are contributing to as we try to Globalize Guideline Based Best Practice!

Mentoring Minutes: Drop vertical jump for return to sport

Source and Notes:

Cognitive Demands Influence Lower Extremity Mechanics During a Drop Vertical Jump Task in Female Athletes

Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2018 48:5, 381-387 

• Drop vertical jump task is commonly used to screen for anterior cruciate ligament

  injury risk.

• Purpose: Investigate the influence of additional cognitive demands on lower

  extremity mechanics during execution of the drop vertical jump task (stood on a 31-

  cm-high box, positioned 15.24 cm behind the force plates, with their feet 35 cm

  apart, were required to drop off the box, land with their feet on separate force

  plates, and immediately perform a maximum vertical jump, raising both arms as if

  they were jumping to grab a rebound).

• Methods: - 4 different conditions: (1) without decision making or an overhead goal

  (DVJ), (2) without decision making but with an overhead goal (OG), (3) with

  decision making (jump or no jump) but without an overhead goal (DM), and (4) with

  both decision making and an overhead goal (DM+OG).

• Results: Inclusion of the overhead goal resulted in higher peak vertical ground

  reaction forces and lower peak knee flexion angles in comparison to the standard

  drop vertical jump task. Greater peak knee abduction angles in trials incorporated

  temporal constraints on decision making and/or required participants to attend to

  an overhead goal, in comparison to the standard drop vertical jump task.

• Discussion- Higher vGRFs and lower knee flexion angles are indicative of a relatively

  stiff landing pattern, which may increase forces acting on the ACL.. Collectively,

  these additional cognitive demands appear to have resulted in a landing pattern

  whereby participants relied more on knee motion in the frontal plane to decelerate

  their center of mass.