Medical Screening for Physical Therapists
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certify that I have read the following manuscripts in compliance with the pre-course requirements for
“Medical Screening for Physical Therapists.”
Requires readings (4 manuscripts), check those manuscripts read:
Boissonnault W, Bass C. Pathological Origins of Trunk & Neck Pain – Part 1 Pelvic
& Abdominal Visceral Disorders + Addendum. JOSPT, 12(5): 192-207, 1990.
Boissonnault W, Bass C. Pathological Origins of Trunk & Neck Pain – Part 2 Disorders of the
Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Systems. JOSPT, 12(5): 208-215, 1990.
Boissonnault W, Bass C. Pathological Origins of Trunk & Neck Pain – Part 3 Diseases of the
Musculoskeletal System. JOSPT, 12(5): 216-221, 1990.
Musnick D, Hall C. Red Flags: Potentially Serious Symptoms & Signs in Exercising Patients. Appendix
1, pages 680-685 in Hall CM & Brody LT. & Red Flags: Potentially Serious Symptoms & Signs in
Exercising Patients. Appendix 2, pages 686-696 in Hall CM & Brody LT. Therapeutic Exercise Moving
Toward Function, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 1999
Elective readings (any 4 manuscripts), check those manuscripts read:
Anand SS. et al. Does this Patient have Deep Vein Thrombosis? JAMA. 279(14):1094-1099, 1998.
Birkhahn R. et al. Classifying Patients Suspected of Appendicitis with Regard to Likelihood. American
Journal of Surgery. 191: 497-502, 2006.
Boissonnault W, Badke MB. Collecting Health History Information: The accuracy of a patient selfadministration questionnaire in an orthopedic outpatient setting. Physical Therapy. 86(6):531-543,
2005.
Bratton RL, Whiteside, JW, Hovan MJ, Engle RL, Edwards FD. Diagnosis & Treatment of Lyme
Disease. Mayo Clinic. May: 566-571, 2008
Byrd C. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Dementia’s Cause. The Nurse Practitioner.
31(7):28-35, 2006.
Gasharrini G. et al. Celiac Disease: What’s new about it? Digestive Diseases. 26:121-127, 2008.
Geddes R. Minocycline-Induced Lupus in Adolescents: Clinical Implications for
Physical Therapists. JOSPT. 37(1):65-71, 2007.
Gendreau-Webb R. Is it a Kidney Stone or Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm? ED Insider. Spring 2006:2224.
Golomb BA. Implications of Statin Adverse Effects in the Elderly. Expert Opinion on
Drug Safety. 4(3):389-397, 2005.
Hardin DM. Acute Appendicitis: Review & Update, American Family Physician,
November 1, 1999.
Hemingway H, Langerberg C, Damant J, Frost C, Pyorala K, Barret-Connor E. Prevalence of Angina in
Women Versus Men. Circulation. 2008;117:1526-1536.
Johnson CD. ABC of Upper GI Tract: Abdominal Pain: Gall bladder. BMJ. 323:
1170-1173, 2001.
Martin S. Against the Grain: An Overview of Celiac Disease. Journal of the American Academy of
Nurse Practitioners. 20:243-250, 2008.
McCollough M, Sharieff GQ. Abdominal Pain in Children. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 53:107137, 2006.
McSweeney J, Cody M, O’Sullivan P, Elberson K, Moser D, Garvin B. Women’s Early Warning
Symptoms of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Circulation, 108:2619-2623, 2003.
Mechelli F, Preboski Z, Boissonnault W. Differential Diagnosis of a Patient Referred to Physical
Therapy with Low Back Pain: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. JOSPT 2008;38(9):551-557.
Pfalzer LA, Drouin J. Screening for underlying cancer in acute care physical therapy
practice. Acute Care Perspectives 10(1&2):1-5, Spring/Summer, 2001.
Savely VR. Update on Lyme Disease. Journal of Infusion Nursing. 2008;31(1):236-240.
Schlam E. Diagnostic Challenge. November 2006:51-52.
Troyer MR. Differential diagnosis of endometriosis in a young adult woman with
nonspecific low back pain, PT Journal, 87(6): 801-810, 2007.
Trumbore DJ. Statins & myalgia: A case report in pharmacovigilance with implications
for PT
Urbano F. Signs of Hypocalcemia: Chvostek’s & Trousseau’s Signs. Hospital
Physician, pp 43-45, March 2000.
VanWye WR. Patient Screening by a Physical Therapist for Nonmusculoskeletal Hip Pain. Physical
Therapy. 2009;89:248-256.
Weiss B.D.. Diagnostic Evaluation of Urinary Incontinence in Geriatric Patients. American Family
Physician. June,1998.
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