Antwon's first summary

Hey guys - my student, Antwon, is spending some time with me as I help him through his Level II fieldwork. He's feeling his way through the more orthopaedic side of what we do, and he decided to look into some dry needling evidence to get a better feel for the targetted nature of muscloskeletal treatment modalities. His summary is below:


A study was conducted to primarily determine whether or not deep dry needling combined with passive stretching was more effective than passive stretching only, in treating pain in people with chronic nonspecific neck pain attributed to myofascial pain syndrome with active myofascial trigger points in their cervical muscles. The secondary aim of the study was to examine the effect of the treatments on mechanical hyperalgesia, neck active range of motion, neck muscle strength, and perceived neck disability. The cervical muscles targeted for deep dry needling of myofascial trigger points included the upper trapezius, levator scapulae, multifidi, and splenius cervicis muscles.


A total of 128 participants completed the intervention, with 64 being a part of the control passive stretching only group, and 64 in the (DDN) deep dry needling and passive stretching group, in which they were randomly assigned to. For the deep dry needling group, of the possible four sessions that would have been applied over a two week period, 12 participants received 3 treatment sessions, 37 participants received 2 sessions, and 3 participants received only 1 session, indicating that the participants reported complete relief of their symptoms and did not require additional sessions. In the case of the control group, 15 participants reported complete relief of neck pain after 2 sessions, while the remaining participants required all four sessions of treatment and did not reach complete recovery of their complaints.


The subjective pain intensity decreased significantly after treatment in both groups, with a larger effect in the DDN group both at the end of the intervention period and at the 6 month follow up. For pressure pain threshold all the muscles except the trapezius showed similar changes over time for each group. The pressure pain threshold of the trapezius muscle showed statistically significant increases after treatment for both groups with a larger effect for the DDN group. Neck active range of motion significantly increased in the DDN group for all movement directions, whereas no significant change was observed for the control group. The DDN group also showed greater improvement of neck muscle strength for all tested directions compared with the control group. Neck disability decreased significantly after treatment in both groups with a larger effect for the DDN group. All the results were clinically meaningful after the intervention and at the 3 and 6 month follow ups for the DDN group as opposed to the control group. Deep dry needling with passive stretching applied to participants with chronic nonspecific neck pain attributed to MPS was associated with better and clinically meaningful results for pain, mechanical hyperalgesia, neck range of motion, neck muscle strength, and neck disability when compared with the passive stretching only control group, both at the completion of the intervention and at 6 month follow up.

Road Trip!!

Who: BOR OTs

What: AOTA’s  annual conference

Where: Philadelphia, PA

When: Educational Sessions run Thursday March 30^th – Sunday April 2^nd

How much: If registered prior to February 27^th     members $451    nonmember $676 

Important info:

Staff are able to use their CEU money towards the conference as we will be able to obtain CEUs throughout the weekend.

Time off to attend will need to be used as PTO

If we have interest we can explore options for splitting hotel rooms and/or a daily carpool. However, since it is the centennial year they are doing a lot of fun adult bashes and balls in celebration so it might be fun to stay over!

The link to the website for more information:

AOTA LINK

Please respond  Yes, I am interested or  No thanks  to Kailie  or Travis so we can figure out the logistics to make this a smooth, fun experience!! Let RSVP to one of us by 2/3/2017

Kailie.cummings@baltrehab.com

Travis.bell@baltrehab.com

OT code reference

Hey All,

Again, this is the link for the WebPT slides. I cut down some of the information so we can use this as a handy reference when doing our evaluations!

LINK!

Have a great day,
Kailie

Evaluation code webinar now available!!

Hey Team,

WebPT's webinar of the new evaluation codes is up!

To be able to access:

Sign into WebPT. On your homepage look for the News and Updates box in the upper left hand side. Click the 2017 Complexity-based PT/OT Evaluation code FAQ! link. This will lead you to other links for the video tutorial under the heading- Will you offer a webinar?


Please take the initiative and watch this, its really informative. More information is on the way!


Thanks all,
Kailie 

Evaluation Code Changes

Hey Team!

As we know OT and PT evaluation codes are changing January 1st, 2017. This is another change across the board. We as a discipline absolutely have to implement and become well versed in this change.

I am by no means an expert in this, yet. But WebPT is doing some good informative writing and will be hosting a webinar to help us bridge the gap!

So where do I find this information???

Great question!

1. You can read the email sent to your BOR email today.  Subject: Are you ready for the new CPT codes?. In this letter you will see links to a video tutorial and then at the end of the letter you will see a link for a webinar to sign up for. I already signed up for it and even if I cant do it then they will send the webinar and handout to my email!

I could not attach the links or I would have.

2. Sign into WebPT. On your homepage look for the News and Updates box in the upper left hand side. Click the Start learning the new eval codes for 2017! link. This will lead you to other links for the light video tutorial and for the webinar in December.

3. AOTA  has some information

Also, more in-depth information will come available as the roll out continues.

Thanks Everyone!

2016 MOTA Conference

36th Annual Conference of the Maryland Occupational Therapy Association 

November 11, 2016 

 DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore North—Pikesville 

1726 Reisterstown Rd Pikesville, MD 21208 

LINK TO SESSIONS

Registration Fees MOTA OT $195 MOTA OTA $145 MOTA Student $55 Non-member OT $275 Non-member OTA $225 Non-member Student $85 Student Volunteers (full day) $25 * Neighboring Association Members will get MOTA Member discount * Mota.memberlodge.org/Events Questions? Email conference.mota@gmail.com  

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