Background & Objective: Patient’s rights seem to be accepted theoretically, but often neglected in practice. Respect to patient’s rights by health care providers may optimize health outcomes and quality of life and create a perfect connection between health care services and patients needs as well as their expectations. This study was aimed to identify deficits in respect to patientschr('39') r...

Clinical education requires students to integrate theoretical knowledge and skills into real-life clinical environments. Most opportunities remain within metropolitan hospitals where student is often secondary patient care. In response, many Universities are developing student-led clinics that focus on the educational experience, whilst providing high-quality Understanding factors associated wi...

BACKGROUND Tendon injuries are one of the most common injuries of the hand and challenging problems in trauma surgery. They usually require surgical repair and unlike the single tendon injuries, flexor tendon injuries have higher morbidities when accompanied with nerve injuries. In the present study, I aimed to report the clinical experiences and outcomes about tendon injuries. METHODS ...

IN the past 30 years there has been an increasingly scientific approach to sporting activities of all types, and athletes and their advisers have begun to ask for a number of specialist services. With this in mind it was decided to open a sports injury clinic, initially as a pilot scheme, in the accident and emergency department of the Belfast City Hospital. All acute or serious sporting injuri...

BACKGROUND Using simulated learning environments with standardised patients (SPs) provides a way to scaffold the development of skills for patient safety in a low risk environment. There are no data regarding whether adding SP interactions in early years of physiotherapy training improves safe performance on clinical placement. We assessed the feasibility of recruiting and collecting data from ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of pulsed signal therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (Kellgren II or III). METHODS A randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trial. The first 95 patients sent to the clinic with knee osteo-arthritis were selected and randomized into treatment with pulsed signal therapy or conventional physiotherapy. Assessment included recording of usual ...

Background and Objectives: According to recent physiotherapy recommendations (WHO, WCPT, 2020) for patients with COVID-19, after discharge from an ICU, they are expected experience respiratory, physical, cognitive, psychological problems due the duration nature of immobilization sedation, ventilation duration, underlying morbidity. Moreover, only a limitation in physical capacity and/or activit...

BACKGROUND Standardised patients are used in medical education to expose students to clinical contexts and facilitate transition to clinical practice, and this approach is gaining momentum in physiotherapy programs. Expense and availability of trained standardised patients are factors limiting widespread adoption, and accessing clinical visits with real patients can be challenging. This study a...

We present the development of a virtual trainer for use by physiotherapists and patients in exercise based physiotherapy programmes. It allows a therapist to tailor exercise requirements to the specific needs and challenges of individual patients. Patients can select different programmes and follow a coach avatar to perform recorded exercises based on their needs. The Microsoft Kinect has been ...