Volume 30, Issue 3

Pediatric Physical Therapy - Pediatric Physical Therapy Podcast

1. Informing the Update to the Physical Therapy Management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline: A Systematic Review
   Emily Heidenreich PT DPT, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles & Arkansas Children's, Little Rock:
   Talks about her study to systematically review the evidence on physical therapy diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention of congenital muscular torticollis to inform the update to the physical therapy management of congenital muscular torticollis evidence-based clinical practice guideline.


2. Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of the Congenital Muscular Torticollis Severity Classification System
   Magdalena M. Oledzka, PT DPT MBA PCS, Director of Pediatric Rehab, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York:
   Tells the podcast about her data establishing inter- and intra-rater reliability for determining severity grades of the Congenital Muscular Torticollis Severity Classification System


3. Gait analysis parameters and walking activity pre and post operatively in children with cerebral palsy.
   Chris Church, Program Manager, Gait Analysis Lab., Nemours duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington DE:
   Explains what his study found on examining the relationship between the Gait Deviation Index and walking activity preoperatively and postoperatively for children with cerebral palsy.


4. Relationships between gross motor skills and social function in young boys with autism spectrum disorder
   Jamie M. Holloway PT DPT PhD PCS, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL:
   Discusses the purpose of her study to examine the relationship between gross motor skills and social function in young boys with autism spectrum disorder


5. sEMG analysis during landing in children with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot study
   Marcelo R. Rosales BS, Graduate student, Biokinesiology Dept, Univ of Southern California:
   Talks about his findings from a pilot study to explore the timing and duration of muscle activation during a landing task in children with autism spectrum disorder


6. Pain neuroscience education and exercise for neck pain: a focus group study on adolescents' views
   Anabela G. Silva PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Health Sciences and CINTESIS-UA, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal:
   Tells the podcast about her findings from an exploration of the views of adolescents with chronic idiopathic neck pain towards an intervention consisting of pain neuroscience education and exercise administered in schools.


7. Use of an In-home Body Weight Support System by a Child with Spina Bifida
   James C. Galloway, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Professor in Biomechanicss & Movement Science Program, Dept of Physical Therapy & Pediatric Mobility Lab, University of Delaware, Newark, DE:
   Discusses data from his examination in a case report of the feasibility of a new open-area body-weight support system to act as both an ‘assistive’ and ‘rehabilitative’ device within the home.