Evidence-based clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, assessment and physiotherapy management of contracted (frozen) shoulder: quick reference summary Nigel C.A. Hanchard a,∗, Lorna Goodchild b, Jackie Thompson c, Tracey O’Brien d, Dot Davison e, Chris Richardson e a Health and Social Care Institute, School of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA, UK b Department ...

1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3MSc, Department of Sport Physiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School o...

José Granero-Molina1,2* 1Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine Department, Faculty of Education Sciences, Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Almeria, Spain 2Associate Researcher, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile *Corresponding author: José Granero-Molina, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine Department. Almería University, Carretera Sacramento, S/No, L...

4th national student congress on new-horizons of rehabilitation sciences, march 6 to 8, 2015, shiraz, iran   the conference is organized by: student research committee, school of rehabilitation sciences, shiraz university of medical sciences and health care   congress president : dr mohammad hadi imanieh, president of shiraz university of medical sciences and health care committee president : d...

Mira Meeus Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, University of Antwerp and Ghent University, Belgium; Pain in Motion International Research Group Email: [email protected] Jo Nijs Department of Physiotherapy, Physiology and Anatomy, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium Email: [email protected] Paul Van Wilgen Transcare Transdisciplinary Pain Management Center, The Netherlan...

Background. Many people continue to live with physical disabilities across the globe, especially in rural Africa despite expertise of Physiotherapists and available evidence of effectiveness of Physiotherapy. Objective. To determine the obstacles to obtaining Optimal Physiotherapy services in a rural community in Southeastern Nigeria. Methods. Population-based cross-sectional study of individua...

BACKGROUND Patients with functional motor disorder (FMD) including weakness and paralysis are commonly referred to physiotherapists. There is growing evidence that physiotherapy is an effective treatment, but the existing literature has limited explanations of what physiotherapy should consist of and there are insufficient data to produce evidence-based guidelines. We aim to address this issue ...

Patients with intervertebral disc herniation (IVDH) seek complementary and conventional medical therapies to manage related problems. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Reiki compared with physiotherapy to relieve the lower back pain intensity and to improve the activities of daily living (ADL) in the IDVH patients. In this clinical trial study, 60 patients with IVDH were random...

PURPOSE To investigate physiotherapy entry-level students' preferences in prioritizing patients, specifically, patients with chronic pain. METHODS After a group discussion, 249 Canadian entry-level physiotherapy students completed a questionnaire that used five distinct scenarios (fictitious patient cases). Respondents were asked to prioritize the patients (P1=highest priority, P5=lowest prio...

One hundred and seventy one patients with primary pneumonia entered a single blind, placebo controlled trial of physiotherapy. Treatment was allocated at random, physiotherapy consisting of postural drainage, external help with breathing, percussion, and vibration and the controls receiving advice on expectoration, deep breathing, and how to exercise to avoid thrombosis. Principles of pharmaceu...