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!

Faculty webinar: Using Apps for Deep Learning in Physical Therapy Education

Join Dr. Michael Wong, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT in a recorded interactive discussion about PhysioU apps deep learning and how the apps are being used in the classroom.

TOPICS

1.     Introduction: Dr. Michael Wong, Co-founder and what is PhysioU Watch

2.     Common issues from our DPT program and from faculty Watch

3.     Fostering partnership: Innovative bridges between didactic and clinical education through the use of Guidelines based web/mobile apps Watch

4.     Connecting Gross Anatomy to Clinical Classes Watch

5.     Techniques for Cardiopulmonary Labs Watch

6.     Preparing before classes with these apps: Assistive Devices, Gait, NeuroExam Watch

7.     Allowing students to learn beyond the boundaries of the curriculum: Orthopedic Watch

8.     Developing movement analysis and clinical reasoning: Gait Watch

9.     A glimpse into the future: Choose your own adventure & closing Watch

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Many PT/PTA schools are using PhysioU as the required guideline-based learning tool and beta testing in the classroom. Our top-rated clinical reasoning apps are making a huge impact on thousands of students.

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Mentoring Minutes: Quadratus Lumborum and Psoas Major Exercises

This week's Mentoring Minutes, Dr Marshall LeMonie talks about Quadratus Lumborum and Psoas major exercises.

These muscles are often given a bad rap when it comes to low back pain, but the Quadratus and Psoas can play an important role in trunk and pelvic strength and stability. Just because they are stiff or tight, doesn’t always mean they are strong. Happy planking!

Source & Notes:

Evaluation of Psoas Major and Quadratus Lumborum Recruitment Using Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Before and After 5 Trunk Exercises

Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2017 47:2, 108-114 

• Nine healthy male participants performed the right side bridge, knee raise, and 3 front bridges, including the hand-knee, elbow-knee, and elbow-toe bridges. Diffusion-weighted imaging was performed before and after each exercise.

• Of the 5 exercises investigated, the elbow-toe bridge and side bridge exercises elicit the greatest recruitment of the PM and QL.

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.
  

PT/PTA Faculty webinar: Integrating PhysioU within a blended classroom course design for Applied Physical Therapy

Join our recording session of our PhysioU co-founder Dr. Michael Wong, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT and our guest speaker Dr. Sam Allen, PT, DPT in an interactive discussion about Integrating PhysioU within a blended classroom course design for Applied Physical Therapy.

Transitioning from a clinical setting into a PT/PTA Program has some unique challenges. Which books to use, do you teach in a linear progression through the chapters of a text, does content within the texts reflect practices in the clinical setting? This webinar will discuss how one instructor utilized PhysioU in developing a competency-based course design for an Applied Physical Therapy Course. It will also discuss the use of Articulate’s Storyline 360 for developing course content that is hosted within a campus’ Learning Management System (LMS.

About our guest speaker:

Dr. Sam Allen PT, DPT is the PTA Program Director at South Arkansas Community College. He is a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and has worked in various outpatient, hospital, home health, and pediatric settings. His company Allen Therapy Services provides occupational and physical therapy services to several school districts within Southcentral and Southeastern Arkansas.

Recorded Webinar

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PART 1: How PhysioU is integrated into South Arkansas Community College’s LMS

Part 2: Updates on PhysioU latest apps development(Gait VR, Gait learning, deviations from real patients, classroom interactive case studies, patient education and more)

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