Editorials:

A Responsibility to Put "Health Policy in Perspective"

Rebecca L. Craik
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1114-1115 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.89.11.1114); [Full Text] [PDF] [2009 Rothstein Debate Podcast]  

Health Policy in Perspective:

A Systems View of Physical Therapy Care: Shifting to a New Paradigm for the Profession

Colleen Kigin
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1117-1119 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.89.11.1117); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cancer Prevention in Physical Therapist Practice

Nicole L. Stout
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1119-1122 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.89.11.1119); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Reports:

Bound for Success: A Systematic Review of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Children With Cerebral Palsy Supports Improved Arm and Hand Use

Hsiang-han Huang, Linda Fetters, Jennifer Hale, and Ashley McBride
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1126-1141 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080111); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited Commentary

Jeanne Charles and Steven L. Wolf
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1142-1143 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080111.ic); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author Response

Hsiang-han Huang, Linda Fetters, Jennifer Hale, and Ashley McBride
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1144 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080111.ar); [Full Text] [PDF]  

An Intensive, Progressive Exercise Program Reduces Disability and Improves Functional Performance in Patients After Single-Level Lumbar Microdiskectomy

Kornelia Kulig, George J. Beneck, David M. Selkowitz, John M. Popovich, Jr, Ting Ting Ge, Sean P. Flanagan, Elizabeth M. Poppert, Kimiko A. Yamada, Christopher M. Powers, Stan Azen, Carolee J. Winstein, James Gordon, Srinath Samudrala, Thomas C. Chen, Arya Nick Shamie, Larry T. Khoo, Mark J. Spoonamore, Jeffrey C. Wang, and Physical Therapy Clinical Research Network (PTClinResNet)
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1145-1157 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080052); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [The Bottom Line]  

Physical Therapists’ Management of Patients in the Acute Care Setting: An Observational Study

Diane U. Jette, Rebecca Brown, Nicole Collette, Wendy Friant, and Lloyd Graves
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1158-1181 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080338); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [The Bottom Line]  

Academic Difficulty and Program-Level Variables Predict Performance on the National Physical Therapy Examination for Licensure: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Daniel L. Riddle, Ralph R. Utzman, Dianne V. Jewell, Stephanie Pearson, and Xiangrong Kong
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1182-1191 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080400); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Conceptual Model of Optimal International Service-Learning and Its Application to Global Health Initiatives in Rehabilitation

Celia M. Pechak and Mary Thompson
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1192-1204 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080378); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of Gluteus Medius Muscle Electromyographic Activity During Forward and Lateral Step-up Exercises in Older Adults

Vicki Stemmons Mercer, Michael T. Gross, Subhashini Sharma, and Erin Weeks
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1205-1214 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080229); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [The Bottom Line]  

Associations of Supported Treadmill Stepping With Walking Attainment in Preterm and Full-Term Infants

Hong-Ji Luo, Pei-Shan Chen, Wu-Shiun Hsieh, Kwan-Hwa Lin, Tung-Wu Lu, Wei J. Chen, and Suh-Fang Jeng
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1215-1225 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080369); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Patient Goal Priority Questionnaire Is Moderately Reproducible in People With Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain

Pernilla Åsenlöf and Kim Siljebäck
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1226-1234 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090030); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [eAppendix][The Bottom Line]  

Fortieth Mary McMillan Lecture:

The Best We Can Be Is Yet to Come

Carolee J. Winstein
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1236-1249 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.mcmillan.lecture); [Full Text] [PDF] [About the Mary McMillan Lecture and Audio Podcast]  

2009 APTA Presidential Address:

We Must See the Possibilities

R. Scott Ward
PHYS THER 2009 89: 1250-1252 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.presidential.address); [Full Text] [PDF] [Audio Podcast]  

Letters and Responses:

On "Manual therapy, exercise, and traction for patients with cervical radiculopathy..." Young IA, et al. Phys Ther. 2009;89:632–642.

PHYS THER 2009 89: 1253 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.89.11.1253.1); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author Response

PHYS THER 2009 89: 1253 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.89.11.1253.2); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrections:

Young IA, et al. "Manual therapy, exercise, and traction for patients with cervical radiculopathy..." Phys Ther. 2009;89:632–642.

PHYS THER 2009 89: 1254-1255 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080283.cx); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants:

News from the Foundation for Physical Therapy

PHYS THER 2009 89: 1256-1257 (DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.89.11.1256); [Full Text] [PDF]  

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