Audio Abstracts and Bottom Line Podcasts

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Files in this Data Supplement:

• Audio Abstracts Podcast for November 2009 - This podcast provides audio versions of the abstracts of articles published in November 2009 issue of PTJ. Running time: 26:42 (12.3 MB).
• The Bottom Line Podcast - This Bottom Line podcast summarizes four articles published in the November 2009 issue of PTJ:

  “An Intensive, Progressive Exercise Program Reduces Disability and Improves Functional Performance in Patients After Single-Level Lumbar Microdiskectomy” by Kornelia Kulig and colleagues for the Physical Therapy Clinical Research Network. Get the PDF
  
  “Physical Therapists’ Management of Patients in the Acute Care Setting: An Observational Study” by Diane Jette and colleagues. Get the PDF
  
  “Comparison of Gluteus Medius Muscle Electromyographic Activity During Forward and Lateral Step-up Exercises in Older Adults” by Vicki Stemmons Mercer and colleagues. Get the PDF
  
  “The Patient Goal Priority Questionnaire Is Moderately Reproducible in People With Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain” by Pernilla Åsenlöf and Kim Siljebäck. Get the PDF

  The Bottom Line is a clinical summary that translates study findings for application to practice. It is not intended to substitute for a critical reading of the research article. These Bottom Line summaries were written by Eric K. Robertson, PT, DPT, OCS. Running time: 16:39 (15.2 MB)