Attitudes of Physical Therapy Students Toward the Population Currently Experiencing Homelessness: A Pilot Study.

Unlabelled: Homelessness is a national epidemic and individuals experiencing homelessness have decreased access to healthcare services. At the same time, physical therapy (PT) educational programs are required to teach students about cultural competence, pro-bono service, and advocacy for underserved populations. Having PT students provide pro-bono services to this population in a supervised environment is a mutually beneficial scenario for the patients, students, and the PT program.

A new model to facilitate palpation of the level of the transverse processes of the thoracic spine.

Study Design: Nonexperimental, normative research design.

Objectives: To test a proposed model to locate the level of the transverse processes (TPs) of the thoracic spine through surface palpation.

Background: Palpation of the TPs of the thoracic spine is challenging because of their depth relative to the more superficial structures of the spine.