Jason L Silvernail, Gail D Deyle, Gail M Jensen, Eric Chaconas, Joshua Cleland, Chad Cook, Carol A Courtney, Julie Fritz, Paul Mintken, M Elaine Lonnemann
Currently, orthopaedic manual physical therapy (OMPT) lacks a description of practice that reflects contemporary thinking and embraces advances across the scientific, clinical, and educational arms of the profession. The absence of a clear definition of OMPT reduces understanding of the approach across health care professions and potentially limits OMPT from inclusion in scientific reviews and clinical practice guidelines. For example, it is often incorrectly classified as passive care or incorrectly contrasted with exercise-therapy approaches...
March 8, 2024: Physical Therapy