The purpose of this study was to verify if the amount of experience or the specific professional field of the raters may influence inter-rater reliability of the Salford Gait Tool (SF-GT). Standardized videos of gait of seven children with cerebral palsy were recorded and assessed by three physiotherapists with experience in pediatrics (PPTs), three physiotherapists with experience with adult i...

Full or partial loss of function in the upper limb is an increasingly common due to sports injuries, occupational injuries, spinal cord injuries, and strokes. Typically treatment for these conditions relies on manipulative physiotherapy procedures which are extremely labour intensive. Although mechanical assistive device exist for limbs this is rare for the upper body. In this paper we describe...

BACKGROUND Some of the major human health problems being confronted in the 21st century are cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. It is recognised that having proper dietary habits (nutritional behaviour) and taking moderate physical exercise seem to be the best methods for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVES To assess whether the dietary habits and levels of physi...

Purpose: In developing countries, the medical waste management and treatment pose a great deal of concern because potential health environmental hazards presented by this waste. Although India has guidelines on preventing managing waste, implementation is still difficult due to technological, economic, social challenges, as well insufficient training for staff, students, in charge. This study a...

We are reporting research on collaborative knowledge building compared to individual conceptual change during a professional study unit in Laurea University of Applied Sciences. As educational research that is a design experiment, a multicase, multi-method study. We used both individual and collaborative concept mapping in the same design experiment. The theme of the design experiment was ‘Copi...

CONTEXT Education in simulated learning environments (SLEs) has grown rapidly across health care professions, yet no substantive randomised controlled trial (RCT) has investigated whether SLEs can, in part, substitute for traditional clinical education. METHODS Participants were physiotherapy students (RCT 1, n = 192; RCT 2, n = 178) from six Australian universities undertaking clinical educa...

Background: A common gynaecological problem encountered among female students is dysmenorrhoea, which also appears to be a leading cause of absenteeism from college. Hence arises a need to evaluate the menstrual characteristics and prevalence of dysmenorrhoea along with its severity among students. Materials and methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted between March 2014 to July 20...