Tendinopathy: Evidence-Informed Physical Therapy Clinical Reasoning

Clinical reasoning strategies in physical therapy.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Clinical reasoning remains a relatively under-researched subject in physical therapy. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the clinical reasoning of expert physical therapists in 3 different fields of physical therapy: orthopedic (manual) physical therapy, neurological physical therapy, and domiciliary care (home health) physical therapy. SUBJECTS The su...

Evidence Based Physical Therapy

Ethical reasoning and informed consent in occupational therapy.

Two major ethical theories, the teleological and the deontological, are defined and briefly discussed. A subsequent discussion explores how the ethical principles of informed consent and patient autonomy operate in medical decisions. The application to occupational therapy is left for the reader's judgment.

Transactional analysis in Physical Therapy: Extending Interpersonal Communication Skills to Evidence- Informed Shared Decision Making

Physical therapy as a profession had evolved from a technical dimension to an evidence-informed paradigm in all aspects of practice, education, research and administration 1 . The orientation in clinical decisionmaking is shifting 'out of the box' towards a behavioral dimension rather than the biological dimension 2 , and it is witnessed by recommendations of practice guidelines towards a multi...

Evidence-informed physical therapy management of performance-related musculoskeletal disorders in musicians

Playing a musical instrument at an elite level is a highly complex motor skill. The regular daily training loads resulting from practice, rehearsals and performances place great demands on the neuromusculoskeletal systems of the body. As a consequence, performance-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) are globally recognized as common phenomena amongst professional orchestral musicians. The...