Friday, February 12th, 2010
Don’t Ignore the Hamstrings after TKA
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research recently published an article entitled “Quadriceps and Hamstrings Muscle Dysfunction after Total Knee Arthroplasty.” The article discusses a study of dysfunction in the quadriceps and hamstring muscles following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA). Using bilateral isometric strength tests and EMG measures of quads / hams co-activation the study found that the [...]
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Orthopaedic/Orthopedic Protocols
Many physical therapists use orthopaedic/orthopedic rehab protocols frequently throughout their daily practice. Former Calgary Flames and Canadian Olympic Team Physical Therapist, Terry Kane, runs a website called OrthopaedicProtocols.com . The site links to dozens of orthopaedic/orthopedic protocol documents from all over the internet. The documents included come from sites such as: Advanced Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Bringham and [...]
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
A bouncy, anti-gravity workout with the new AlterG treadmill – Boing Boing
Boing Boing has an interesting article on the (fairly) new AlterG treadmill. From the article: “The AlterG is no ordinary treadmill, though. It is a super fancy, super-expensive treadmill that isolates the lower body in a vacuum and literally takes off percentages of your body weight using technology developed by NASA.” The treadmill can significantly [...]
