OBJECTIVES To investigate the perceptions of emergency department physiotherapy practice by emergency patients in metropolitan and regional Australia with a view to probing how consumers interpret the place of physiotherapy in such an acute, non-traditional setting. DESIGN A qualitative investigation using a descriptive open-ended questionnaire technique was administered to emergency patients...

Objectives Firstly, to compare the effectiveness of a brief physiotherapy intervention with “usual” physiotherapy for patients with neck pain. Secondly, to evaluate the effect of patients’ preferences on outcome. Design Non-inferiority randomised controlled trial eliciting preferences independently of randomisation. Setting Physiotherapy departments in a community setting in Yorkshire and north...

Objectives: Clinical education is an important component of physiotherapy education. The students’ and clinical educators’ viewpoints about different aspects of education are being analyzed worldwide for the promotion of educational services. The aim of this study was to identify the challenges of clinical education based on the experiences of physiotherapy students and educators.&n...

Evidence-based clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, assessment and physiotherapy management of contracted (frozen) shoulder: quick reference summary Nigel C.A. Hanchard a,∗, Lorna Goodchild b, Jackie Thompson c, Tracey O’Brien d, Dot Davison e, Chris Richardson e a Health and Social Care Institute, School of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA, UK b Department ...

1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3MSc, Department of Sport Physiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School o...

José Granero-Molina1,2* 1Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine Department, Faculty of Education Sciences, Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Almeria, Spain 2Associate Researcher, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile *Corresponding author: José Granero-Molina, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine Department. Almería University, Carretera Sacramento, S/No, L...

4th national student congress on new-horizons of rehabilitation sciences, march 6 to 8, 2015, shiraz, iran   the conference is organized by: student research committee, school of rehabilitation sciences, shiraz university of medical sciences and health care   congress president : dr mohammad hadi imanieh, president of shiraz university of medical sciences and health care committee president : d...

Mira Meeus Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, University of Antwerp and Ghent University, Belgium; Pain in Motion International Research Group Email: [email protected] Jo Nijs Department of Physiotherapy, Physiology and Anatomy, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium Email: [email protected] Paul Van Wilgen Transcare Transdisciplinary Pain Management Center, The Netherlan...

Background. Many people continue to live with physical disabilities across the globe, especially in rural Africa despite expertise of Physiotherapists and available evidence of effectiveness of Physiotherapy. Objective. To determine the obstacles to obtaining Optimal Physiotherapy services in a rural community in Southeastern Nigeria. Methods. Population-based cross-sectional study of individua...