Range of shoulder motion in patients with adhesive capsulitis; Intra-tester reproducibility is acceptable for group comparisons

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Measurements of range of motion play a key role in shoulder research. The purpose of this study is to investigate intra-observer reproducibility of measurements of active and passive range of motion in patients with adhesive capsulitis.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study was carried out in a population consisting of 32 patients with clinical signs of adhesive capsulitis. A specified measurement protocol was used, and range of motion in affected and non-affected shoulders was measured twice for each patient with a one-week interval.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>For most of the investigated individual movements, test-retest differences in range of motion score of more than approximately 15° are not likely to occur as a result of measurement error only. Point-estimates for the intraclass correlation coefficient ranged from 0.61 to 0.93.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Range of motion of patients with adhesive capsulitis can be measured with acceptable reproducibility in settings where groups are compared. Scores for individual patients should be interpreted with caution.</p

Reflection on our Health Education Teaching Experience at the Wisconsin Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center

Color poster with text.During the 2016-2017 academic year, health education teacher education preparation courses at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire collaborated with the Wisconsin Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center (JDC). Undergraduate students in the course prepared the health lessons and taught middle- and high-school age (10-17 years old) students as a part of course. According to the children’s court services manager, 90 percent of the children and adolescents have not had past success in schools. Further, most of them have made unhealthy decisions in the past. We taught skill-based health education lessons such as interpersonal communication skills (e.g. conflict resolution and refusal skills). Through this experience, we learned that although they are incarcerated, JDC students were not much different from students we saw in the public schools. We also learned to adjust our lessons according to their rules and culture. We were told not to bring any sharp objects such as pens and stapled papers. We also had to adjust our active learning activities because JDC students were allowed to move only one person at a time with their staff’s permission. As a group, we learned to adapt our lessons to our students’ culture and discourse.University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Program

Preservice Health Teachers Perceptions of Teaching Health at a Juvenile Detention Center

Color poster with text and graph.The main purpose of this study is to explore how the perceptions of preservice health education teachers’ change over the course of teaching health lessons to at-risk youth at a Juvenile Detention Center (JDC). Undergraduate preservice student teachers enrolled in a Health Education course during the time of this study were invited to take part in group interviews as well as complete surveys before, during, and after their experiences teaching and observing Health lessons at a JDC. Through coding and thematic analysis, themes were developed from participants' responses to the interview questions and surveys. The results showed that majority of them had negative perceptions of teaching students at a JDC prior to their experience. Throughout the experience, preservice teachers' perceptions were positively changed. This study found that preservice teachers had a negative perception of at-risk youth before they had ever had any experience working with that type of youth. After going through experiences with at-risk youth we found that preservice teachers had gained enthusiasm and a positive outlook towards them. Undergraduate courses for preservice Health education teachers should consider providing opportunities to teach at-risk or incarcerated youth as a field experience.University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs