Movement toward an evidence-based, digital fall prevention future-perceptions from a physiotherapy perspective - Arkkukangas M, Cederbom S.
BACKGROUND: Physiotherapy plays an important role in fall prevention, and is a science- and evidence-based profession that is constantly undergoing development. Currently, the possibility of digital fall prevention is being explored; however, the perceptio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Effect of clinical Pilates training on balance and postural control in patients with Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled trial - Çoban F, Belgen Kaygısız B, Selcuk F.
BACKGROUND: Clinical pilates exercises have been shown to improve balance. Our study aims to compare effects of clinical Pilates and conventional physiotherapy exercises on balance and postural control in Parkinson's disease patients. Materials& methods: ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Award-winning 'pelvic floor comic' reveals how to stop embarrassing leaks
Elaine Miller, a physio specialising in beating stress incontinence by improving pelvic floor muscles, says her stand-up routine uses comedy to broach an awkward subject. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘He was adamant he didn’t want it’: the pro-vax parents with vaccine-hesitant kids
Among under-18s, vaccine uptake is low, and there is a growing issue with misinformation spread on social media and at school. Is there anything a concerned caregiver can do?Throughout the pandemic, Anna has worked for the NHS. She has seen the effects of Covid-19 first-hand and, although she worked remotely because she was in a vulnerable group, other colleagues – she is a physiotherapist – were deployed to Covid wards at the height of hospital admissions. “At the trust I work for, they’re setting up a long-Covid service,” she says. She comes home and her son Sam, 16, listens to her talk about it – and yet he ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 4, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Emine Saner Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Coronavirus Children Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science World news Young people Health Society Source Type: news
Current perspectives of New Zealand physiotherapists on rehabilitation and return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a survey - Fausett WA, Reid DA, Larmer PJ.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical beliefs and practices of New Zealand physiotherapists regarding pre- and post-surgical rehabilitation and return to sport (RTS) criteria following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). DESIGN: Onli... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Evaluating the performance of balance physiotherapy exercises using a sensory platform: the basis for a persuasive balance rehabilitation virtual coaching system - Tsakanikas VD, Gatsios D, Dimopoulos D, Pardalis A, Pavlou M, Liston MB, Fotiadis DI.
Rehabilitation programs play an important role in improving the quality of life of patients with balance disorders. Such programs are usually executed in a home environment, due to lack of resources. This procedure usually results in poorly performed exerc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Falls Source Type: news
Embedding your first contact physiotherapy service
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has put together a resource pack, supported by the Practice Managers Association, to help GP practices integrate their first contact physiotherapy (FCP) service. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - November 1, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Woodbridge quadruplets follow mother into NHS careers
Three daughters are now qualified nurses like their mother, and one is a physiotherapist. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Searches for digital health products surged 343% during UK lockdown
ORCHA study found musculoskeletal and physiotherapy apps were most popular. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - October 20, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Alberta man who survived COVID-19 after 39 days on a ventilator speaks out
Nearly 40 days on a ventilator. A tracheotomy. Forty-five pounds lost. Countless hours of physiotherapy. And now, PTSD and flashbacks. Paul Hemsing of Medicine Hat, Alta., is still recovering months after nearly dying of COVID-19, and is warning of the trauma the disease can inflict. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
Agony for half of over-50s as it emerges thousands are waiting for surgery amid crisis in the NHS
Many enduring long NHS waits have been forced to spend more than £1,700 a year on pills and private physiotherapy, figures show. Some have sunk into debt covering the costs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mobilisation and physiotherapy intervention following hip fracture: snapshot survey across six countries from the Fragility Fracture Network Physiotherapy Group - Purcell K, Tiedemann A, Kristensen MT, Cunningham C, Hjermundrud V, Ariza-Vega P, Perracini M, Sherrington C.
This study documents mobilisation practices and physiotherapy interventions provided post-hip fracture in six countries.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Health system challenges affecting falls prevention in persons living with HIV: perspectives from physiotherapists in four sub-Saharan regions - Charumbira MY, Berner K, Louw QA.
AIM: The aim of this study was to explore the perspectives of physiotherapists in four selected regions of sub-Saharan Africa regarding health system challenges impacting the integration of physiotherapy-led falls prevention services in the primary care of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Falls Source Type: news
Rwanda: Covid-19 Survivors Encouraged to Undergo Physiotherapy Rehab
[New Times] Patients of severe Covid-19 effects, including respiratory difficulties are encouraged to undertake physiotherapy exercises as soon as they are discharged to ensure solid recuperation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 13, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Physio grads, professionals question validity of national licensing exam after latest glitches
The virtual clinical exams to certify physiotherapy graduates in Canada, except Quebec, experienced difficulties again this week, leaving many applicants unable to finish the test. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - September 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
