The finding by Kalra et al that the physiotherapists in the stroke unit placed significantly greater emphasis on activities that addressed the specific functional needs of individual patients strongly suggests that an important difference in physiotherapy practices existed in the two treatment areas. The presence of significant differences between the two physiotherapy staffs could therefore ex...

OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical efficacy of foot orthoses in the management of patellofemoral pain syndrome with flat inserts or physiotherapy, and to investigate the effectiveness of foot orthoses plus physiotherapy. DESIGN Prospective, single blind, randomised clinical trial. SETTING Single centre trial within a community setting in Brisbane, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 179 participants (...

Background: A diverse spectrum of long COVID symptoms (LCS) have the scope physical rehabilitation. Due to limited resources, very little is known about physiotherapy and rehabilitation interventions for LCS their clinical application. This study aims explore role in management musculoskeletal, neurological, cognitive, cardiorespiratory, mental health, functional imp...

FACULTY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS ON THE INTRODUCTION OF OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION IN AN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSIOTHERAPY COURSE: A PILOT STUDY Mullai Dhinakaran *1, Jugesh Chattwal 2, Dheeraj K.V 3. *1 Associate Professor, College of Physiotherapy, CMC & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. 2 Professor, Head of the Department, Department of Paediatrics, CMC & Hospital, Ludhiana, India. ...

Lung complications during postoperative of pediatric heart surgery are frequently highlighting atelectasis and pneumonia. Physiotherapy has an important role in the treatment of these complications. We reviewed and update the physiotherapy performance in the preoperative and in the postoperative lung complication of pediatric cardiac surgery. We noted efficacy of physiotherapy treatment through...

Warnock L, Gates A, van der Schans CP. Chest physiotherapy compared to no chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013;9:CD001401. http:// dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD001401.pub2. Medline:24006212 Yang M, Yan Y, Yin X, et al. Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013;2:CD006338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006338.pub3. ...

OBJECTIVE There is a dearth of international research on hospice physiotherapy. This study aims to profile hospice physiotherapy in an Irish setting in order to inform practice internationally. DESIGN The study design consisted of a retrospective chart audit over 6 months. SETTING The study took place at a specialist palliative care inpatient unit (hospice) in Limerick, Ireland. PARTICIPA...

We describe a research framework for virtualizing documented physiotherapy instructions. Our approach bridges the gap between human understanding and the written manuals of instructions for physiotherapy. Techniques of Natural Language Processing involving semantic and spatial information processing are important in this approach. We have also explained the physiotherapy considerations that we ...

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 n...