Shala Cunningham, Martina Lukin, Hsu Wai Mon Oo, Rachael Lowe, Abdulgafoor M Bachani
{"title":"Bridging the Gap: A Novel Approach to Pediatric Rehabilitation Training in Low Resource Settings.","authors":"Shala Cunningham, Martina Lukin, Hsu Wai Mon Oo, Rachael Lowe, Abdulgafoor M Bachani","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Approximately 250 million children younger than 5 years in low- and middle-income countries are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential, often without access to rehabilitation. A training program was developed to provide physical therapists in Myanmar with the knowledge and skills to deliver family-centered early rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants completed online coursework, discussions, synchronous mentoring sessions, and onsite training for 7 weeks. To assess the effectiveness of the training, participants completed surveys on their self-perception of knowledge and skills related to early rehabilitation at 4 intervals. Focus group interviews were also conducted to allow the participants to discuss their experiences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were significant improvements in knowledge and discussed implementation of the new skills in practice with a focus on family education and innovative use of home materials.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The training program effectively enhanced participants' confidence in their ability to implement family-centered interventions using available resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143803460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaborative Goal-Setting Approaches to Support Participation of Children With Special Educational Needs.","authors":"Hua-Fang Liao, Ya-Tzu Liao, Li-Chiou Chen, Yen-Tzu Wu, Lin-Ju Kang, Mats Granlund, Eva Björck","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To compare the participation ratings between children with special educational needs and their primary caregivers and investigate the activities children desire to change and their participation-based goals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty children with special educational needs aged 8 to 12 years were interviewed using the Functioning Scale of the Disability Evaluation System-Child to measure participation frequency and independence and select desire-to-change activities. The International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities, and Health-based Collaborative Problem Solving was used to form participation-based goals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Children reported participation differently from their primary caregivers. Nineteen children identified desire-to-change activities mostly related to the home and community settings and indicated a desire to change participation frequency. Children's participation-based goals reflected their desires to do their preferred activities more often.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Children with special educational needs had unique perspectives different from those of their caregivers, and they could identify desired activities and set participation goals with semi-structured methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danielle Long, Carly Lochala, Kalala Pines, Kai Iwamoto, Paula Hess, Barbara Sargent
{"title":"Systematic Review to Inform the Developmental Coordination Disorder Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Physical Therapy Examination/Evaluation.","authors":"Danielle Long, Carly Lochala, Kalala Pines, Kai Iwamoto, Paula Hess, Barbara Sargent","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001178","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001178","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose/hypothesis: </strong>Systematically review current evidence on the content of physical therapy (PT) examination and evaluation to inform the update to the 2020 Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eight databases were searched for studies that informed the content of PT examination and evaluation, including psychometric properties of tests and measures used in the PT management of DCD. Methodological quality and certainty of evidence were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three systematic reviews and 30 cohort studies were included. Two findings impacting the 2020 DCD CPG are: (1) very low- to high-quality evidence supports cultural adaptations and cutoff scores for DCD-specific questionnaires, and (2) very low-quality evidence supports 4 outcome measures that are responsive to change with intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Newer evidence reaffirms 4 of 5 recommendations on examination of the 2020 DCD CPG and adds evidence that could increase the recommendation strength of 2 action statements from best practice to moderate.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"170-192"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonia Khurana, Leslie E Lewis, Daniel M Russell, Stacey C Dusing, Bhamini Krishna Rao
{"title":"Neonatal and Home-Based PT Improves Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants-A Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Sonia Khurana, Leslie E Lewis, Daniel M Russell, Stacey C Dusing, Bhamini Krishna Rao","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001181","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001181","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Investigate the effect of structured neonatal physical therapy program (SNP) on neurodevelopmental outcomes of moderate and late preterm (MLP) infants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Sixty MLP infants were randomly allocated to usual care (UC) or SNP. A previous publication reported the effect of neonatal component of SNP at hospital discharge. This paper examined SNP's effect on motor, cognitive and language outcomes at 3 and 6 months using a 2-way mixed design ANOVA.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both groups were similar at baseline for motor scores. Infants receiving SNP significantly outperformed UC at all subsequent time points. At 3 and 6 months, SNP significantly outscored UC in cognitive and language outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SNP is effective in improving neurodevelopmental outcomes of MLP infants. However, caution is suggested in interpreting its effect on cognition and language as we lacked baseline scores to compare the longitudinal trajectory.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"218-230"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142962529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather R Aker, Samuel R Pierce, Elizabeth S Moore, Kathy Martin
{"title":"Predictors of Length of Physical Therapy Care for Infants With Congenital Torticollis.","authors":"Heather R Aker, Samuel R Pierce, Elizabeth S Moore, Kathy Martin","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001179","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001179","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study explored whether the type of torticollis, amount of tummy time or container time, participant age at examination, and Alberta Infant Motor Scales score influence the length of physical therapy care for infants with torticollis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data for 149 participants were extracted from medical records for infants with torticollis who received care between November 2018 and November 2021.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Statistically significant correlations were found between length of care (LOC) and torticollis type, age at examination, active range of motion rotation deficit, and passive range of motion rotation deficit. A multiple regression model predicted LOC from age at examination in days, as well as passive and active rotation deficits.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Higher passive and active rotation deficits lead to longer LOC. However, longer lengths of care were associated with younger ages at examination, different from earlier studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"210-216"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on \"The Reliability and Validity of Data Obtained With the Functional Gait Assessment Modified for Children\".","authors":"Rebecca Bliss, Taylor Day","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001195","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"37 2","pages":"247"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ryan P Jacobson, Kathryn Knudsen, Katherine Binkerd
{"title":"Commentary on \"Predictors of Length of Physical Therapy Care for Infants With Congenital Torticollis\".","authors":"Ryan P Jacobson, Kathryn Knudsen, Katherine Binkerd","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001185","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"37 2","pages":"217"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Responsiveness of AM-PAC 6 Clicks Basic Mobility Short Forms in the Pediatric Acute Care Setting.","authors":"Amanda L Waples, Samuel R Pierce","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001182","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To determine responsiveness of the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC) \"6 Clicks\" Basic Mobility Short Form (BMSF) and Basic Mobility Short Form - Low Function (BMSF-LF) for children in the acute care setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fifty-one children admitted to a large pediatric, acute care hospital participated in this retrospective study. The BMSF and BMSF-LF were administered by physical therapists during each admission at least 2 times. The standardized response mean (SRM) for the BMSF and BMSF-LF were calculated to determine responsiveness.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Moderate effect sizes were found for both the BMSF (SRM = .71) and the BMSF-LF (SRM = .76).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The AM-PAC BMSF and BMSF-LF have acceptable responsiveness to determine functional change in pediatric acute care setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"37 2","pages":"232-235"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}