Debra Dent

Osteoporosis Quiz

  OSTEOPOROSIS: Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease in the United States. It is clinically silent until there is a fracture of the bone. It is due to the insufficient bone formation or excessive bone absorption or a combination of the two. It is a progressive loss of trabeculae and decreases the ability

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Headache

HEADACHE: CLASSIFICATIONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF HEADACHE DISORDERS PRIMARY: • Migraine • Tension-type headache • Trigeminal autonomic cephalgias • Other primary headache disorders • Cluster headache SECONDARY • Headache attributed to trauma or injury to the head and or neck • Headache attributed to cranial or cervical vascular disorder • Headache attributed to non-

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Clinical Prediction Rule for Spinal Stenosis Quiz

CLINICAL PREDICTION RULE FOR LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS One clinical prediction rule for lumbar spinal stenosis has the following predictor variables. • bilateral symptoms • leg pain is greater than back pain • pain is present during walking and standing • pain is resolved with sitting • age is greater than 48 Variables Sensitivity Specificity +LR

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Do you know your Clinical Prediction Rules

Clinical prediction rules (CPR) are a mathematical, statistical guideline which incorporates multiple predictors such as; medical signs, symptoms, and other findings, into a combination that will assist in predicting a diagnosis or treatment outcome. It is an evidence-based tool which can help diagnose certain conditions as well as help to select the most appropriate method

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Why Do This?

Why am I doing this?  I am ready to retire after 37 years of practice so why am I spending hours developing seminars, writing websites and marketing.  Because I hear too many of my patients say,”I have never had Therapy like this before, why don’t other Therapists do this?”  In my last few years of

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Simplicity

Simplicity of a home exercise plan (HEP) will ensure compliance.  In my experience, most patients will falter with their HEP after a short time.  The trunk stability program that I have developed for Spine Health and Trunk Stability has been the most accepted and patient compliant program that I have seen in many years. Education

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What is a Fellowship?

What is a Fellowship in Manual Therapy? It is an educational program that meets the standards of the I International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physiotherapists (IFOMPT). There are two IFOMPT accredited programs in Canada: The Canadian Physiotherapy Association’s Orthopaedic Division’s courses as well as the University of Western Ontario’s Masters of Clinical Science Degree in

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