Archive for the 'Research' Category

In part 1 and 2 of this little series, we looked at studies that found similar positive outcomes for patients whether they used physical/training rehab only or had the surgical intervention. This kind of information gives us the chance to consider our own attitude towards surgery.  
The issue of whether to have a surgery is not simple.  As […]

How Much Does Knee Surgery Help?
Tuesday, I posted about a 2002 study on arthroscopy for osteoarthritis. In the past few days, the New York Times highlighted a study published this year. As always they have very readable articles. http://nyti.ms/binvsE  Take a look first hand or read on for my synopsis.
The study followed two groups of people with a […]

A Controlled Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the KneeN Engl J Med 2002; 347:81-88 July 11, 2002
Recently, while reading Bruce Lipton’s Biology of Belief, I became aware of a study done in 2002 evaluating the effectiveness of surgery for debilitating knee pain related to arthritic changes in the joint. Arthroscopic knee surgery for […]

As a contrast Norman Doidge talking about the importance of the discovery of neuroplasticity

By C. A. Montgomery, MSPT, GCFP, BFLT/T;C. M. Allen, GCFP, BFLT/T;S. D. Farber, PhD, OTR, FAOTA, BFLT
Initially this study was designed by Allen/Montgomery with consultation by Farber in the area of data analysis and manuscript review. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of Bones for Life® as a method to facilitate […]

 by Cynthia M. Allen and Carol A. Montgomery
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Graphs related to key tests and sketches of Feldenkrais Functional Integration® lessons are also available for viewing in post:  Case Study Results: Judy
 ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
It is our belief that the primacy of gait has been vastly overlooked both in identifying its vital components as well as understanding its […]

This page is designed to give a little more detail to those that are interested.   In this post find:

Sketches of Functional Integration session elements; Test results in graph format; and Videos

The abstract for this case study can be viewed at our post: A Case Study: Gait As an Assessment and Intervention Tool. 
Watch and Listen: Judy Walking Pre and Post […]