A 16-year-old patient presented to a physiotherapy clinic with a classic case of ‘shin splints’. Pain had started with increasing activity as she was playing Netball for her school team. Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS) was identified clinically and treatment started. The patient stopped her sporting activity and initial physiotherapy treatment seemed to work as the pain subsided. After 6 m...

This study describes patients' perspectives on recovery during participation in a randomized controlled trial that tested a postoperative hip fracture management program (B4 Clinic), compared with usual care, on mobility. Semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted with 50 older adults with hip fracture (from both groups) twice over 12 months. A total of 32 women (64%) and 18 men (36%)...

Address: 1Department of Pediatric Physical Therapy & Paediatric Exercise Physiology, Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, University Children's Hospital, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2Department of Pediatric Physiotherapy, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, 3Department of Physiotherapy (HO-Q), Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Zuid-Hollan...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Sciatica is a common clinical condition that can be extremely painful, disabling and life-changing. Whether conservative or surgical treatment for sciatica secondary to an intervertebral disc prolapse is most effective is still much debated. An important component of conservative treatment is physiotherapy, which aims to promote physical and psychological health for the p...

QUESTION Is additional Saturday physiotherapy intervention beneficial for inpatients undergoing rehabilitation? DESIGN Randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred and sixty-two inpatients undergoing rehabilitation in an Australian metropolitan hospital. INTERVENTION The experimental group received phys...

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. DesignProspective, singleblind, randomisedclinical trial. Setting Single centre trial within a community setting in Brisbane, Australia. Participants 179 participants (100 women...

BACKGROUND Heart surgery is associated with an occurrence of pulmonary complications. The aim of this study was to determine whether pre-surgery respiratory physiotherapy reduces the incidence of post-surgery pulmonary complications. METHODS Observational study of 263 patients submitted to off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery at the A Coruña University Hospital (Spain). 159...

Abstract Background Unmet needs, such as lack of access to rehabilitation, support and information, are experienced by a high proportion stroke survivors after discharge from acute rehabilitation services. The UK guidelines on (2016) recommend that all patients should be offered structured health social care review at 6 months post-stroke. However, no clinics exist date in Ireland. We aimed exp...

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF SQUARE STEPPING EXERCISES VERSUS BALANCE TRAINING EXERCISES ON FEAR OF FALL AND BALANCE IN ELDERLY POPULATION Harshika Bhanusali *1, Vishnu Vardhan 2, Tushar Palekar 3, Shilpa Khandare 4. 1 PG Student, Dr.D.Y.Patil college of Physiotherapy, Pune, India. *2 Assistant Professor,Dr.D.Y.Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India. 3 Principal, Dr.D.Y.Patil College...