Neurological physiotherapy

Problem solving in neurological physiotherapy – setting the scene

A therapist using a problem-solving approach to the management of neurological patients prior to the 1940s may have asked: How can I train the person to use their unaffected body parts to compensate for the affected parts, and how can I prevent deformity? The result was a strong emphasis on orthopaedic intervention with various types of splints, strengthening exercises and surgical intervention...

Australian Physiotherapy Association 1 st Neurological Physiotherapy Conference 27 - 29 November 2003 Manly Pacific Hotel – Sydney , Australia

The Physiotherapy eSkills Training Online resource improves performance of practical skills: a controlled trial

BACKGROUND E-learning is a common and popular mode of educational delivery, but little is known about its effectiveness in teaching practical skills. The aim of this study was to determine whether the Physiotherapy eSkills Training Online resource in addition to usual teaching improved the performance of practical skills in physiotherapy students. METHOD This study was a non-randomised contro...

Community physiotherapy or community-based physiotherapy

Dear Editor, The profession of physiotherapy gained recognition during the time of World War I,1 with services being rendered in acute-care as well as community settings. It can thus be inferred that physiotherapy services in and for the community could have begun as early as 1914. Since then, there has been ample research globally (developed world more than the developing) on this specializati...

Learning Physiotherapy: Physiotherapy students' ways of experiencing the patient encounter

Ways of experiencing the patient encounter 1 Ways of experiencing the patient encounter 2 ABSTRACT Background: The aim of the present paper is to describe and analyse the impact of