| Titre : | Physiotherapy, 2015/2 - 2015 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin : Périodique |
| Paru le : | 01/06/2015 |
| Année de publication : | 2015 |
| Langues: | Français |
| Disponible en ligne : | Non |
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Background
Research has demonstrated that incorporating psychological interventions within physiotherapy practice has numerous potential benefits. Despite this physiotherapists have reported feeling inadequately trained to confidently use such [...]
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A. Anderson, Auteur ;
Jenny Alexanders, Auteur ;
C. Sinani, Auteur
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Background
Ventilator hyperinflation (VHI) and manual hyperinflation (MHI) are thought to improve secretion clearance, atelectasis and oxygenation in adults receiving mechanical ventilation. However, to the authors’ knowledge, a systematic revi[...]
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Background
Physiotherapeutic management of patients immediately following lumbar spinal surgery is common. However, there is considerable variability in the interventions provided.
Objectives
To assess the effect of peri-operative physiotherap[...]
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The use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is set to rise in physiotherapy. PROMs provide additional ‘patient-centred’ data which is unique in capturing the patient's own opinion on the impact of their disease or disorder, and its trea[...]
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More than 800 000 people in the UK have dementia, and it is a government priority to improve dementia care. Drug treatment options are relatively limited. The Dementia And Physical Activity (DAPA) study is a randomised trial which targets cognit[...]
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Objectives
To establish reference values for maximum walking speed over 10 m for independent community-dwelling Danish adults, aged 60 to 79 years, and to evaluate the effects of gender and age.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
Danish co[...]
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Objective
To evaluate if the Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT) requires maximal effort in healthy subjects of different ages.
Design
Cross-sectional.
Setting
University-based research laboratory.
Participants
331 healthy subjects separ[...]
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Objectives
To determine the severity of, and relationships between, upper extremity impairments, pain and disability in patients with diabetes mellitus, and to compare upper extremity impairments in patients with diabetes with non-diabetic cont[...]
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Objective
To assess the immediate effect of conventional and burst transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in combination with cryotherapy on pain threshold and tolerance in healthy individuals.
Design
Randomised, controlled trial.
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Article
Objectives
To determine the prevalence and impact of urinary incontinence (UI) in men with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Design
Prospective observational study.
Setting
Adult CF clinics at tertiary referral centres.
Participants
Men with CF (n = 80)[...]
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Objectives
Although exercise therapy is effective for reducing pain and activity limitations in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), the underlying mechanisms are unclear. This study aimed to evaluate if improvements in neuromuscular factors[...]
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Objectives
Beliefs held by patients have been shown to influence outcomes in acute whiplash associated disorders (WAD). The aim was to identify beliefs about pain and recovery present in the narratives of individuals with WAD and to understand [...]
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Objectives
Water-based exercise training is a relatively new concept in the management of people with COPD. This study aimed to examine the acceptability of the aquatic environment as a medium for exercise training in people with COPD with phys[...]
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Objectives
The International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF) is a self-report questionnaire commonly used in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to measure physical activity. However, despite its frequent use in patient[...]
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Objectives
To explore the potential relationship between ethnicity and achievement within undergraduate physiotherapy education.
Design
A retrospective analysis of assessment marks awarded for academic and clinical modules.
Setting
A London U[...]
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Age-related changes in physical functioning: correlates between objective and self-reported outcomes
Objectives
To quantify the variance attributable to age and estimate annual decline in physical function and self-reported health using a battery of outcome measures in healthy older females. To determine whether self-reported functional losses[...]
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Objective
To evaluate the effects of application of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) at low and high frequencies to the abdomens of Swiss mice throughout pregnancy.
Design
Experimental animal study.
Setting
Research laborato[...]
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J.E. Gaida ;
S. Maloney ;
K. Lo
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Background
Students are sometimes involved in incidents during clinical training. To the authors’ knowledge, no quantitative studies of incidents specifically involving physiotherapy students on clinical placement are available in the literatur[...]
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Objective
To investigate the perceptions of physiotherapists about their role in health promotion in an acute inpatient setting.
Design
Qualitative design using focus groups within a constructivist framework. Focus groups were recorded, transc[...]
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Objective
To investigate if McKenzie exercises when applied to a cohort of patients with chronic LBP who have a directional preference demonstrate improved recruitment of the transversus abdominis compared to motor control exercises when measur[...]
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Objective
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of body position on respiratory muscle strength of young healthy subjects.
Participants
Sixty-three (50 female, mean age 19.7 + 1.5 years) healthy subjects participated in the st[...]
