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Spine Rehabilitation Manual

OPTP, Minneapolis, offers Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practitioner’s Manual-2nd edition, by Craig Liebenson, DC. The new 972-page hardcover edition includes 750 illustrations and photos, emphasizing a functional, outcome-based approach to self-care. It features chapters on clinical/regional protocols, diagnostic triage, acute care, functional assessment, recovery care, and biopsychosocial aspects. Modern rehabilitation methods, such as McKenzie, stabilization, and cognitive-behavioral, are represented in this visual compendium, in which every chapter has been rewritten. In addition, there are new chapters written by such experts as McGill, Hodges, and Kolar. DVD-ROM included. Free catalogs are available. (800) 367-7393; www.optp.com.

Physical Therapy Solution

Thought Technology, Montreal, Canada, has released the MyoTrac Infiniti and MyoTrac Infiniti Clinical PT systems. The affordable devices integrate both SEMG biofeedback and electrical stimulation. The MyoTrac Infiniti system measures high-resolution RMS SEMG signals, and delivers stimulation in a number of configurations. It has user-definable biofeedback, stimulation, or EMG-triggered stimulation, and touch-screen graphics for navigation. The MyoTrac Infiniti Clinical system provides the features of the MyoTrac Infiniti, plus a USB connection, BioGraph Infiniti software, and a Rehabilitation Suite. (514) 489-8251; www.thoughttechnology.com.

Software Upgrades

HOGGAN PROOF Preferred, West Jordan, Ut, announces the addition of upper extremity range-of-motion testing and fully editable reports to its computerized ROM/MT system. Redesigned software offers flexible narrative reports for personal injury and general insurance documentation. The system supports upper extremity and spinal range of motion testing, as well as all standard muscle tests. The user-friendly system features high-quality on-screen test photos for patient positioning, hardware placement, visual instruction, and visual and audio prompts for testing sequences. (800) 678-7888; www.hogganproof.com.

PC Scheduler

ReDoc Software, Nashville, offers the user-friendly ReDoc Scheduler, a PC scheduling program that can be used with ReDoc Suite Documentation Software. ReDoc Scheduler can display multiple days and multiple therapists on screen, color identification for appointments, a drag and drop feature for rescheduling, daily appointment and chart reports, patient appointment finder, and a patient check-in process. The program also features an automated appointment reminder. (888) 401-4400; www.rehabdocumentation.com.

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