Johannes J Noordstar, Maaike C A Sprong, Martijn G Slieker, Tim Takken, Cornelis K van der Ent, Marco van Brussel, Marije Bartels, Erik H J Hulzebos
{"title":"Physical Activity Levels, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Physical Literacy in Children With a Chronic Medical Condition.","authors":"Johannes J Noordstar, Maaike C A Sprong, Martijn G Slieker, Tim Takken, Cornelis K van der Ent, Marco van Brussel, Marije Bartels, Erik H J Hulzebos","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study investigated differences in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and other physical literacy domains between children with a chronic medical condition (CMC) who adhered to with the physical activity guideline and those who did not.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Forty children with a CMC (7-12 years) wore an accelerometer for 7 days to measure moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. CRF and muscle power were assessed with a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test, and motor performance was measured with an exercise course. Motivation, confidence, knowledge, and understanding were assessed with a questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Children who adhered to the PA guideline (n = 13) scored significantly higher for CRF, muscle power, motivation and confidence than children who did not adhere to the PA guideline (n = 27). No significant differences were found for motor performance, knowledge and understanding.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Future research should investigate the effect of paying specific attention to motivation and confidence in children with a CMC to stimulate their adherence to the PA guideline.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511145","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":"Abstracts of Platform Presentations for the Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Annual Conference 2024.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001148","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"36 4","pages":"560-568"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362276","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 M Bellows, Lindsey Schilberg, Devin W Bell
{"title":"Commentary on \"Practices of Physical Therapists Who Assist People With Cerebral Palsy in Brazil: A National Survey\".","authors":"Danielle M Bellows, Lindsey Schilberg, Devin W Bell","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001141","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001141","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"36 4","pages":"497"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362287","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}
James B Hedgecock, Nancy B Muir, Heather Mahnken, Lori J Silveira, Katelyn Ziegler, Dana L Judd
{"title":"Development and Implementation of an Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP) Educational Program for a Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Department.","authors":"James B Hedgecock, Nancy B Muir, Heather Mahnken, Lori J Silveira, Katelyn Ziegler, Dana L Judd","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001132","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Describe the development and implementation of an evidence-based practice (EBP) training program for occupational and physical therapists in a large pediatric hospital.</p><p><strong>Context: </strong>EBP is valued, but a known knowledge-to-practice gap between academic training and clinical practice limits routine use. This gap was addressed through an academic-clinical partnership to develop an EBP training program.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty-one therapists completed the program. Therapists demonstrated improved EBP skills, knowledge, and confidence following training and a positive trend in change score for clinical outcomes and decision-making scores was noted.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Academic-clinical partnerships have a unique and valuable role to support professional EBP knowledge and skill development. Stakeholder support and engagement supported program development, execution, and meaningful outcomes.</p><p><strong>Impact statement: </strong>The knowledge-to-practice gap for EBP is a challenge to regular EBP use. The described program addressed this challenge and improved therapists' knowledge, skills, and confidence. It provides a model for professional development.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"36 4","pages":"530-536"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362288","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 \"Evaluation of the Movement and Play Opportunities and Constraints Associated With Containers for Infants\".","authors":"Swati M Surkar, Jessica M Cassidy","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001151","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"36 4","pages":"467"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362283","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}
Magdalena Oledzka, Susan Gaetani, Elizabeth Hlawati
{"title":"Commentary on \"Functional Symmetry Observation Scale, Version 2: Reliability, Construct Validity, and Potential for Clinical Use\".","authors":"Magdalena Oledzka, Susan Gaetani, Elizabeth Hlawati","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001139","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"36 4","pages":"506"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362284","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}
Karoline Tury de Mendonça, Ana Flávia de Souza Pascoal, Fernanda de Cordoba Lanza, Bernat Viñolas Prat, Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais, Ana Cristina Resende Camargos
{"title":"Clinical Factors Related to Abnormal General Movements Trajectories: Development of a Multicriteria Index.","authors":"Karoline Tury de Mendonça, Ana Flávia de Souza Pascoal, Fernanda de Cordoba Lanza, Bernat Viñolas Prat, Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais, Ana Cristina Resende Camargos","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001129","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To create a multicriteria index with clinical factors associated with abnormal general movements (GMs) trajectories during a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A longitudinal study assessed abnormal GMs trajectories in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. The multicriteria index included clinical factors such as intraventricular hemorrhage, respiratory support, gestational age, patent ductus arteriosus, and infection based on multi-attribute utility theory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 52 preterm newborns, 57.7% male, were evaluated. The multicriteria index correlated with abnormal GMs trajectories and explained 26.5% of the variance in these trajectories.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The developed multicriteria index, with the inclusion of combined clinical factors, allowed the identification of part of the abnormal trajectories of GMs in preterm infants. The multicriteria analysis can help clinicians to identify infants who have a greater chance of poor developmental trajectories before hospital discharge.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"440-447"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141789608","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":"Functional Symmetry Observation Scale, Version 2: Reliability, Construct Validity, and Potential for Clinical Use.","authors":"Mary Rahlin, Bernadette Sarmiento","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001127","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001127","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To examine the intrarater and interrater reliability and construct validity of the Functional Symmetry Observation Scale, Version 2 (FSOS-V2) in infants with congenital muscular torticollis (CMT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The FSOS-V2 is a video-based measure of postural and movement symmetry in infants with CMT. Four examiners scored 50 participants' videos twice. Scores obtained by the same rater and across 4 raters were compared to examine intrarater and interrater reliability, respectively. Participants' habitual head deviation from midline in supine photographs was measured using a protractor. Relationship between the head tilt angles and FSOS-V2 scores was examined to assess construct validity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty infants with CMT, age range 1 to 16 months, participated. Results indicated moderate to good intrarater and poor to moderate interrater reliability. The FSOS-V2 construct validity was supported.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The FSOS-V2 can be used by the same therapist repeatedly to make clinical decisions. Further research will strengthen its psychometric properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"498-505"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141581280","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 \"A Modification to the Assessment of Problem-Solving in Play to Enhance Its Utility: Evaluation of Validity, Responsiveness, and Reliability\".","authors":"Julia Mazzarella, Megan Av Russell","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001146","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001146","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"36 4","pages":"457"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362278","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}