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Florence Peterson Kendall
BornMay 5, 1910
Warman, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedJanuary 28, 2006
Severna Park, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationPhysical therapist
Known forMaryland Women's Hall of Fame inductree

Florence May Peterson Kendall (May 5, 1910 – January 28, 2006) was an American physical therapist based in Baltimore, Maryland. She was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2002.

Early life and education

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Florence May Peterson was born near Warman, Minnesota, the eleventh child of her parents Charles Augustus Peterson and Mathilda Kruse Peterson, both Swedish immigrants. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1930. She pursued further training in physical therapy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.[1]

Career

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Kendall taught physical education at schools in Minnesota as a young woman. She treated young polio survivors in Baltimore in the 1930s and 1940s, and co-authored public health pamphlets with her husband. She also lectured,[2][3] wrote, and made films for health education, especially on posture[4] and polio, and ran a private clinic.[5] She was a member of the faculties at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing. She was a founder and twice president (1939-41 and 1957-59) of the Maryland chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). She served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness.[6] She helped design workouts for Army personnel.[1] She patented an arm sling designed to relief pressure on the wearer's neck.[6] In 2002, she was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, and the Maryland chapter of APTA named her Physical Therapist of the Century.[5]

Publications

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Kendall published articles and textbooks, many of them co-written with her husband.[6] Her work appeared in professional journals, including Physical Therapy,[7] The Journal of Health and Physical Education,[8] The Physiotherapy Review,[9] and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.[10]

  • "Study and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance in Cases of Low Back and Sciatic Pain" (1936, with Henry O. Kendall)[7]
  • "Care During the Recovery Period of Paralytic Poliomyelitis" (1939 pamphlet, with Henry O. Kendall)[11]
  • "Testing the Muscles of the Abdomen" (1941)[12]
  • "Gluteus Medius and Its Relation to Body Mechanics" (1941, with Henry O. Kendall)[13]
  • "The Role of Abdominal Exercise in a Program of Physical Fitness" (1943, with Henry O. Kendall)[8]
  • "Orthopedic and Physical Therapy Objectives in Poliomyelitis Treatment" (1947, with Henry O. Kendall)[14]
  • "Normal Flexibility According to Age Groups" (1948, with Henry O. Kendall and George E. Bennett)[15]
  • Muscles: Testing and Function (1949, with Henry O. Kendall)[16]
  • Posture and Pain (1952, with Henry O. Kendall and Dorothy A. Boynton)[17]
  • "A Criticism of Current Tests and Exercises for Physical Fitness" (1965)[18]
  • "Developing and Maintaining Good Posture" (1868, with Henry O. Kendall)[19]
  • "This I Believe" (1980)[20]
  • "Manual muscle testing: There is no substitute" (1991)[21]
  • Golfers:  Take Care of Your Back (1995, with Susan McKinley Carpenter)[22]
  • "Sister Elizabeth Kenny revisited" (1998)[10]

Personal life and legacy

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Florence Peterson married fellow physical therapist Henry Otis Kendall in 1935. They had three daughters. He died in 1979. Florence Peterson Kendall died from cancer in Severna Park, Maryland, in 2006, aged 95 years.[23][24] She donated her personal library to the University of Maryland's Health and Human Services Library, to become the Kendall Historical Collection. The Henry O. and Florence P. Kendall Award is presented by APTA, in memory of the Kendalls.[1] The Foundation for Physical Therapy awards a Florence P. Kendall Fellowship.[25]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Elliott, Carol K. (August 2011). "Florence Peterson Kendall". Post Polio: Polio Place. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. ^ "Guest Speakers". The Daily Times. 1999-01-03. p. 23. Retrieved 2022-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Therapists to Speak". The News Journal. 1952-02-18. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ McNeill, Virginia Y. (1946-11-03). "Good Posture Forestalls Backaches". The Baltimore Sun. p. 58. Retrieved 2022-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Florence Peterson Kendall , MSA SC 3520-13804". Archives of Maryland. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  6. ^ a b c Hoar, Stephen (1971-02-28). "Her Business: Physical Fitness". The Honolulu Advertiser. p. 45. Retrieved 2022-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b Kendall, Henry O.; Kendall, Florence P. (1936-09-01). "Study and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance in Cases of Low Back and Sciatic Pain". Physical Therapy. 16 (5): 175–183. doi:10.1093/ptj/16.5.175. ISSN 0031-9023.
  8. ^ a b Kendall, Henry O.; Kendall, Florence P. (1943-11-01). "The Role of Abdominal Exercise in a Program of Physical Fitness". The Journal of Health and Physical Education. 14 (9): 480–506. doi:10.1080/23267240.1943.10620349.
  9. ^ Kendall, Henry O.; Kendall, Florence P. (1942-05-01). "Let's Immobilize False Impressions". Physical Therapy. 22 (3): 136–137. doi:10.1093/ptj/22.3.136. ISSN 0031-9023.
  10. ^ a b Kendall, Florence P. (April 1998). "Sister Elizabeth Kenny revisited". Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 79 (4): 361–365. doi:10.1016/s0003-9993(98)90134-4. ISSN 0003-9993. PMID 9552099.
  11. ^ Kendall, Henry Otis; Kendall, Florence Peterson; United States; Public Health Service (1939). Care during the recovery period in paralytic poliomyelitis. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O. OCLC 11616742.
  12. ^ Kendall, Florence P. (1941-01-01). "Testing the Muscles of the Abdomen*". Physical Therapy. 21 (1): 22–24. doi:10.1093/ptj/21.1.22. ISSN 0031-9023.
  13. ^ Kendall, Henry O.; Kendall, Florence P. (1941-05-01). "Gluteus Medius and Its Relation to Body Mechanics". Physical Therapy. 21 (3): 131–135. doi:10.1093/ptj/21.3.131. ISSN 0031-9023.
  14. ^ Kendall, Henry O.; Kendall, Florence P. (1947-05-01). "Orthopedic and Physical Therapy Objectives in Poliomyelitis Treatment". Physical Therapy. 27 (3): 159–165. doi:10.1093/ptj/27.3.159. ISSN 0031-9023. PMID 20243844.
  15. ^ Kendall, Henry O.; Kendall, Florence P.; Bennett, George E. (July 1948). "Normal Flexibility According to Age Groups". JBJS. 30 (3): 690–694. doi:10.2106/00004623-194830030-00016. ISSN 0021-9355.
  16. ^ Kendall, Henry Otis; Kendall, Florence Peterson (1957). Muscles: Testing and Function. Williams & Wilkins.
  17. ^ Kendall, Henry Otis; Kendall, Florence Peterson; Boynton, Dorothy A (1981). Posture and pain. Malabar, Fla.: R.E. Krieger. OCLC 9401822.
  18. ^ Kendall, Florence P. (1965-03-01). "A Criticism of Current Tests and Exercises for Physical Fitness". Physical Therapy. 45 (3): 187–197. doi:10.1093/ptj/45.3.187. ISSN 0031-9023. PMID 14253360.
  19. ^ Kendall, Henry O.; Kendall, Florence P. (1968-04-01). "Developing and Maintaining Good Posture". Physical Therapy. 48 (4): 319–336. doi:10.1093/ptj/48.4.319. ISSN 0031-9023. PMID 5649379.
  20. ^ Kendall, Florence P (1980-11-01). "This I Believe". Physical Therapy. 60 (11): 1437–1443. doi:10.1093/ptj/60.11.1437. ISSN 0031-9023. PMID 7433523.
  21. ^ Kendall, Florence P. (1991-10-01). "Manual muscle testing: There is no substitute". Journal of Hand Therapy. 4 (4): 159–161. doi:10.1016/S0894-1130(12)80088-3. ISSN 0894-1130.
  22. ^ Carpenter, Susan McKinley; Kendall, Florence Peterson (1995). Golfers: take care of your back. Vestal, NY: Thistle Ridge Press. ISBN 978-0-9637535-0-2. OCLC 33333576.
  23. ^ Schudel, Matt (February 5, 2006). "Physical Therapist Florence P. Kendall". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  24. ^ Craik, Rebecca L. "Florence P Kendall, PT, FAPTA." Physical Therapy 86, no. 3 (2006): 336.
  25. ^ "News from the Foundation for Physical Therapy". Physical Therapy. 93 (1): 117–118. 2013-01-01. doi:10.2522/ptj.2013.93.1.117. ISSN 0031-9023. S2CID 219200297.
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