Research productivity grants: Physical Education, Physical Therapy, Speech Pathology, and Occupational Therapy

Research productivity grants: Physical Education, Physical Therapy, Speech Pathology, and Occupational Therapy

The research productivity grants (PQ) distributed annually by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico-CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) have generated a number of concerns in the scientific community. It is the purpose of this editorial to shed light on the criteria adopted by the Multidisciplinary Health Advisory Committee (AC) for grant...

Productivity Fellowships for Research: Physical Education, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology and Occupational Therapy.

Occupational and physical therapy

Hand therapy is a major sector of physiotherapy and one of great importance. The impairment of the hand and generally of the upper limbs can be the cause of social and financial hardship and a serious cause of physical and emotional deterioration. Major efforts are directed into developing therapy methods and procedures in order to standardise and therefore successfully apply treatment regimes ...

Challenges for the advance of physical and occupational therapy research.

Outcomes of physical therapy, speech pathology, and occupational therapy for people with motor neuron disease: a systematic review.

This article describes a systematic review and critical evaluation of the international literature on the effects of physical therapy, speech pathology, and occupational therapy for people with motor neuron disease (PwMND). The results were interpreted using the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. This enabled us to summarize therapy outcomes at ...