American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy (AAOMPT): History, Advocacy, and Education.

Dry Needling in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Practice

INTRODUCTION Orthopedic physical therapists employ a wide range of intervention strategies to reduce patients’ pain and improve function. From time to time, new treatment approaches are being introduced to the field of physical therapy. The arrival of manual therapy in the United States is a good example. Although for several decades, manual physical therapy was already an essential part of the...

Philosophical differences in manual therapy.

Within this issue, we are pleased to publish A Model for Standardizing Manipulation Terminology in Physical Therapy Practice, a manuscript by Paul Mintken and colleagues, which provides a model for standardized terminology to describe manipulative techniques regardless of individual clinical practices or schools of thought. Mintken and colleagues were charged with this assignment as part of a t...

2008 AAOMPT John McM. Mennell Service Award Acceptance Speech.

Prospective analysis of a novel orthopedic residency advocacy education program.

INTRODUCTION Future physician leaders must be able to critically assess health care policy and patient advocacy issues. Currently, no nationally accepted, standardized curriculum to provide advocacy education during orthopedic residency training exists. We therefore developed an "Advocacy" curriculum for our orthopedic residents designed to direct particular attention to patient advocacy, speci...

Therapeutic exercise and orthopedic manual therapy for impingement syndrome: a systematic review.

OBJECTIVE To review randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic exercise and orthopedic manual therapy for the treatment of impingement syndrome. DATA SOURCE Reports up to October 2002 were located from MEDLINE, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), the TRIP database, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied ...