To determine whether sputum clearance is increased by using nebulised saline or terbutaline as an adjunct to chest physiotherapy, a radioaerosol method (using technetium-99m labelled human albumin millimicrospheres) was employed in eight patients with stable bronchiectasis on four occasions, for comparison of sputum clearance with four different regimens. These were: control, with the patient r...

A prospective study was undertaken to determine the potential benefits in patient management and cost effectiveness of physiotherapists employed by general practitioners compared with direct hospital access and access via consultants. The study involved 401 patients from three rural general practices in south Cheshire and north Staffordshire and took place over six months. On-site physiotherapy...

Background: Importance of community rehabilitation in India has been emphasized in previous research. There is ample research that has been published for different communities in the country. However, the precise role of physiotherapy in community rehabilitation is unclear.The objective of the current brief report is to look into the role of physiotherapy in community rehabilitation. Methods: R...

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...

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...