Patrick J Sparto
Physical Therapist
203 Lothrop St Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Patrick Sparto is a physical therapist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Patrick Sparto specializes in physical treatment to help a patient reduce pain, restore mobility, rehabilitate an injury, or increase movement and overall function. As a physical therapist, Patrick Sparto can treat multiple conditions with exercises, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, joint mobilization, heat, ice, massage, laser or light therapy and more. Patrick Sparto will create a treatment plan based on the patients specific injury or condition, and might target a specific body part or body system based on the individual.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Wavelet analysis of electromyography for back muscle fatigue detection during isokinetic constant-torque exertions.
- Feature extraction and quantification of the variability of dynamic performance profiles due to the different sagittal lift characteristics.
- An electromyography-assisted model to estimate trunk muscle forces during fatiguing repetitive trunk exertions.
- Wavelet and short-time Fourier transform analysis of electromyography for detection of back muscle fatigue.
- Cervicogenic dizziness: a review of diagnosis and treatment.
- Generalizability of trunk muscle EMG and spinal forces.
- The steady-state postural response to continuous sinusoidal galvanic vestibular stimulation.
- Sensory re-weighting in human postural control during moving-scene perturbations.
- Spectrally similar periodic and non-periodic optic flows evoke different postural sway responses.
- Comparison of the Ferno Scoop Stretcher with the long backboard for spinal immobilization.
- Vestibular function in migraine-related dizziness: a pilot study.
- The reliability and validity of the Four Square Step Test for people with balance deficits secondary to a vestibular disorder.
- The five times sit to stand test: responsiveness to change and concurrent validity in adults undergoing vestibular rehabilitation.
- Postural adaptations to repeated optic flow stimulation in older adults.
- Stiffness and damping in postural control increase with age.
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