Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research: The Year (2022) in Review

Abstract

Practitioners need access to and the ability to openly discuss advances in practice and concepts as they apply to the practice of cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy (PT). Lack of accessibility to research literature, limited personal time, or insufficient knowledge to adequately review the breadth of literature published each year can hinder this process. This article provides a limited overview of cardiovascular and pulmonary research published in 2022 that the authors believe most important and relevant or speaks to the volume or trend of current topics in the clinical practice of cardiovascular and pulmonary PT. Each topic area is followed by a brief overview of clinical relevance and was open to discussion with the participants present at the 2023 Combined Sections Meeting held on February 24, 2023.

Vital Impact

“…During her motivating Linda Crane lecture, Dr. Fick showed us the power of advocacy and service to make a Vital Impact in our patients and society. Dr. Paul Ricard et al 2 bring us this now classic review with the most relevant literature in Cardiopulmonary therapy published in 2022 with their “Year 2022 in Review.” Then, Dr. Lammers and Dr. Ludwig 3 bring a very important topic for differential diagnosis when dizziness in cardiovascular patients could be associated with vestibular impairments and not necessarily with hemodynamic changes. On their original research, Dr. O'Connell et al 4 studied an important vital sign during general outpatient PT: hypertension.…”