Clinical Research Directory

Rigid Taping for Increased Elbow Valgus

This study aims to investigate the acute effects of rigid taping based on the Mulligan Concept on elbow valgus angle, hand grip strength, and pinch strength in healthy young adults with an elbow valgus angle of 15 degrees or greater. A total of 25 healthy young adults aged 18 to 25 years were randomly assigned to either an experimental group receiving rigid taping or a control group receiving placebo taping. Elbow valgus angle, hand grip strength, and three types of pinch strength (lateral, tip, and three-point pinch) were assessed at baseline (before taping) and 20 minutes after the taping application. The main objective is to determine whether rigid taping based on the Mulligan Concept provides greater immediate improvements in elbow valgus angle, hand grip strength, and pinch strength compared with placebo taping.

ATI Evidence-based Guide Investigating Clinical Services

The goal of this study is to evaluate how standard-of-care outpatient rehabilitation is delivered and how variation in care delivery mechanisms relates to clinical outcomes, service utilization, and value in patients receiving physical or occupational therapy. The study will focus on patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions receiving physical or occupational therapy. The focus is to use existing standard-of-care documentation in a physical therapy (PT) electronic medical record (EMR) to evaluate patient characteristics, interventions delivered, utilization management, and clinical outcomes in routine outpatient PT care, in order to generate evidence to improve clinical effectiveness and quality of care. Researchers will compare different care delivery mechanisms to see if variations lead to significant differences in outcomes. Participants will have their standard-of-care documentation analyzed, including routine clinical measures, objective/functional measures, and patient-reported outcomes. They will not be directly involved in research interventions or randomization. This study does not involve a research intervention, randomization, or alteration of clinical care. It is a retrospective cohort study analyzing existing standard-of-care documentation from ATI's physical therapy EMR. Data are collected via the investigators proprietary electronic medical record system and are synthetic to the clinical process that is, the data are collected in real-time with patients and the scores are immediately provided to the treating therapist as well as archived for later Registry and scientific use.