Guest guest Posted January 20, 2000 Report Share Posted January 20, 2000 Jane, If it your Biodex is still working well, I believe it is worth keeping and marketing with your one supporting physician. That physician's reasons for using the instrument can be used to market other physicians. For patients who need justification of progress for insurance, this testing is still accepted more readily than other methods by many third party payers. In our facility, we have an old Cybex extremity machine and even though we now work primarily with spine patients. We have found our Cybex testing can be used to help quantify improvements following disc problems with radiating pain. Even if true motor weakness is not present, the machine can document strength improvements as a result of less radicular pain. Also, resale of these devices is very disappointing in general in that you recover a fraction of what you paid (if you are lucky!) I'd be glad to talk to you individually about this matter, as we have struggled with it as well. Carol McFarland MS PT OCS " jane shrosbree " wrote: original article:/group/ptmanager/?start=9714 > I'm looking for advice.....Some clinic staff are trying to convince me > to get rid of our biodex to give us more space as we plan for our move > into our new dept (in a fitness center) Their reason - " because it is > rarely used " ...we have no hard numbers on this, but I would guess it > doesn't get used more than 3-5 times per week....have only one orthopod > on staff who refers patients for testing and treatment. As we move > toward more of a sports medicine focus in our new facility, do we need > a biodex? Thanks! > > Jane Shrosbree > Chelsea Community Hospital > Chelsea, Mi > janes@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2000 Report Share Posted January 20, 2000 Jane, If it your Biodex is still working well, I believe it is worth keeping and marketing with your one supporting physician. That physician's reasons for using the instrument can be used to market other physicians. For patients who need justification of progress for insurance, this testing is still accepted more readily than other methods by many third party payers. In our facility, we have an old Cybex extremity machine and even though we now work primarily with spine patients. We have found our Cybex testing can be used to help quantify improvements following disc problems with radiating pain. Even if true motor weakness is not present, the machine can document strength improvements as a result of less radicular pain. Also, resale of these devices is very disappointing in general in that you recover a fraction of what you paid (if you are lucky!) I'd be glad to talk to you individually about this matter, as we have struggled with it as well. Carol McFarland MS PT OCS " jane shrosbree " wrote: original article:/group/ptmanager/?start=9714 > I'm looking for advice.....Some clinic staff are trying to convince me > to get rid of our biodex to give us more space as we plan for our move > into our new dept (in a fitness center) Their reason - " because it is > rarely used " ...we have no hard numbers on this, but I would guess it > doesn't get used more than 3-5 times per week....have only one orthopod > on staff who refers patients for testing and treatment. As we move > toward more of a sports medicine focus in our new facility, do we need > a biodex? Thanks! > > Jane Shrosbree > Chelsea Community Hospital > Chelsea, Mi > janes@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 I would also add that isokinetic testing is the most objective method we have of evaluating isolated muscle performance in the clinic. Unfortunately, the profession has been swayed by gurus and fads. I think the craze of CKC and abandoning isokinetics is an example of this pattern. Isokinetics will come back into favor and then those clinics who got rid of their 50K machine will wish they hadn't. It might be helpful to have some inservices that look at the literature on this topic. M. White, PT, OCS mcf-@... wrote: original article:/group/ptmanager/?start=9728 > Jane, > If it your Biodex is still working well, I believe it is worth keeping > and marketing with your one supporting physician. That physician's > reasons for using the instrument can be used to market other > physicians. For patients who need justification of progress for > insurance, this testing is still accepted more readily than other > methods by many third party payers. In our facility, we have an old > Cybex extremity machine and even though we now work primarily with > spine patients. We have found our Cybex testing can be used to help > quantify improvements following disc problems with radiating pain. > Even if true motor weakness is not present, the machine can document > strength improvements as a result of less radicular pain. > > Also, resale of these devices is very disappointing in general in that > you recover a fraction of what you paid (if you are lucky!) > > I'd be glad to talk to you individually about this matter, as we have > struggled with it as well. > > Carol McFarland MS PT OCS > > "jane shrosbree" wrote: > original article:/group/ptmanager/?start=9714 > > I'm looking for advice.....Some clinic staff are trying to convince me > > to get rid of our biodex to give us more space as we plan for our move > > into our new dept (in a fitness center) Their reason - "because it is > > rarely used"...we have no hard numbers on this, but I would guess it > > doesn't get used more than 3-5 times per week....have only one > orthopod > > on staff who refers patients for testing and treatment. As we move > > toward more of a sports medicine focus in our new facility, do we need > > a biodex? Thanks! > > > > Jane Shrosbree > > Chelsea Community Hospital > > Chelsea, Mi > > janes@... > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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