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Introduction. Service-learning (SL) seems to be useful for healthcare students. This study aimed at comparing an SL program versus a traditional approach (TA) on moral sensitivity, ethical competences, knowledge, teaching quality, SL participation an...

Background/Objectives: Physiotherapy is a clinical discipline that provides services in healthcare centres, the community, at home, and in school. School Physiotherapy (SP) focuses its practice on children with disabilities or special motor needs dur...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted a wide range of health services. This study aimed to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on manual therapy service utilization within the Australian private healthcare setting during the first half of 2020....

Service-Learning (SL) is an innovative educational methodology that integrates academic learning with active community engagement, fostering both technical and transversal competencies. This pilot study explores the implementation of an SL-based expe...

This paper draws on stories of receiving the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, which emerged from a broader narrative study exploring beliefs about exercise and challenges facing people with Parkinson’s disease. Background/Objectives: By...

Background: As means of addressing ongoing challenges in accessing publicly funded specialist care, new models of care have been trialled. One such approach is using physiotherapists in advance practice roles, who in collaboration with other health p...

This study aimed at exploring patients’ perceptions regarding telerehabilitation services received post total knee replacement. In this qualitative embedded single case study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with five patients who had previ...

This study explored variations in the primary service and clinical outcomes of a state-wide advanced practice physiotherapist-led service embedded in public medical specialist orthopaedic and neurosurgical outpatient services across Queensland, Austr...

Implementation of evidence-informed rehabilitation of the upper limb is variable, and outcomes for stroke survivors are often suboptimal. We established a national partnership of clinicians, survivors of stroke, researchers, healthcare organizations,...

Background/Objectives: American football (AF) is a contact sport with a high injury risk, where an integrated model of interdisciplinary care may support recovery. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between diet quality, supplementa...

Physiotherapy is a core component of management for people with bronchiectasis and has predominantly been delivered in an in-person consultative format. With the global pandemic, a telehealth physiotherapy model of service evolved, but the perception...

Introduction: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Italian National Health Service (NHS) has been undergoing a structural reform shifting focus from hospital-centered care to smaller, intermediate, or primary health facilities closer to the community (e....

Background: Severe mental illness (SMI) is often linked to physical health issues, including multiple comorbidities. Physiotherapists are increasingly recognized for their role in addressing these health disparities. This study investigated the role...

Background/Objectives: Major surgery for gastrointestinal cancer carries a 50% risk of postoperative complications. Physiotherapists commonly provide interventions to patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery for cancer with the intent of preventi...

Physiotherapy as a health profession is continuously evolving in high-income countries (HIC). The highest burden of disease globally, however, is in low-resource and conflict contexts (LR-CC), resulting in unmet rehabilitation needs. Rehabilitation s...

Background: Physical health comorbidities are closely associated with mental health diagnoses, particularly among older adults. While physiotherapy services are increasingly integrated into older adult inpatient mental health settings, robust service...

Background: Empathy and assertiveness are two essential soft skills for health professionals such as nurses or physiotherapists. Both professions are characterised by their contribution to preserving and improving health and human care, and for their...

Tertiary care centres continue to experience over-utilisation of diagnostic imaging services for lower back pain cases that may not be required. Moreover, these services may require additional time and consequently delay access to services that offer...

The risks and incidence rates of musculoskeletal injuries among military personnel are high, and the importance of physiotherapy in treating these injuries is well established. However, what is less clear is whether the timing of commencement of phys...

Background/Objectives: Primary dysmenorrhea is a common menstrual condition that significantly affects women’s daily functioning and quality of life. Although physiotherapy has been shown to reduce menstrual pain, the awareness of these methods...

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness therapy compared to traditional physiotherapy and usual care in alleviating postoperative pain and improving functional outcomes in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery during...

This study aims to assess rehabilitation needs and provision of rehabilitation services for individuals with moderate-to-severe disability and investigate factors influencing the probability of receiving rehabilitation within six months after traumat...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and their risk factors are a major cause of illness and death worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries like Cameroon. Physiotherapist-led health promotion (PLHP) has proven effective in improving health...

The physiotherapist plays an essential role for people with haemophilia, an inherited bleeding disease responsible for musculoskeletal complications. Yet, with the advent of new and advanced therapies, the medical landscape is changing, and physiothe...

Background and Objectives: The Ventilatory Workload Kinetic Index (VWKI) has been proposed as a clinical instrument to evaluate ventilatory balance–imbalance. However, the regulated application of scales that allow an integral evaluation of the...

(1) Background: The aim of this study was to identify the practice management software (PMS) attributes required by physiotherapists to improve software design and development in order to increase the adoption and implementation of software and minim...

Healthcare services and rehabilitation equipment have entered a phase of rapid development driven by user requirements. However, the development of corresponding design models for rehabilitation equipment is lacking. A general framework and developme...

Purpose: This study evaluates the performance of the Early Intervention Physiotherapist Framework (EIPF) for injured workers. This study provides a proper follow-up period (3 years) to examine the impacts of the EIPF program on injury outcomes such a...

University Social Responsibility (USR) integrates academic goals with ethics, civic engagement, and sustainability. This study assessed community service attitudes among 529 higher health sciences students using the Portuguese Community Service Attit...

This study examines which therapists are involved in the rehabilitation of stroke survivors in Belgium at different points in time. A nationwide registration of stroke patients was provided by 199 and 189 family physicians working in sentinel practic...

(1) Shared decision making (SDM) has been advocated as a way of improving prudency in healthcare and has been linked to self-efficacy and empowerment of service users. The evaluation of its use in musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy has been vague, b...

Background/Objectives: Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain, affecting 4–7% of the general population. Physiotherapy is a key component of conservative management. However, there is limited evidence on how physiotherapists in...

Neck pain is a frequent health problem. Manual therapy (MT) and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) are recommended techniques for treatment of mechanical neck disorders (MND) in Spanish Public Primary Care Physiotherapy Services. The...

Remote patient monitoring is one of the most reliable choices for the availability of health care services for the elderly and/or chronically ill. Rehabilitation requires the exact and medically correct completion of physiotherapy activities. This pa...

A home program is implemented as an evidence-based mode of delivering services for physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Telerehabilitation is a method applied in physiotherapy modalities for children. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of us...

Korean healthcare service is divided into conventional medicine and traditional Korean medicine (TKM). This cross-sectional study compared the older population (65 years and older) with two groups of the general population (19–50 years and 51&n...

People living with cancer experience many impacts on their health and mental health, and are thus likely to require ongoing health care. The aim of the current study was to investigate the health and mental health care experiences and needs of Austra...

Background/Objectives: Cervical dystonia (CD) is the most common focal dystonia, but nationwide evidence on healthcare use is limited. This study assessed trends in utilization and expenditures in Korea. Methods: Using National Health Insurance Servi...

Introduction: The rapid adoption of telerehabilitation in physiotherapy and occupational therapy has transformed healthcare delivery, offering new opportunities for patient-centered care. However, its implementation raises critical ethical and equity...

(1) Background: Prematurity remains a leading contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality, with long-term consequences that extend well beyond the neonatal period. This cross-sectional study aimed to identify key maternal, perinatal, and neonatal...

Current physiotherapy services may not be effective or suitable for certain patients due to lack of motivation, poor adherence to exercises, insufficient supervision and feedback or, in the worst case, refusal to continue with the rehabilitation plan...

Snakebites are a major public health problem in indigenous communities in Brazil, leading to acute local and systemic damage with resulting deficiencies. Long-term musculoskeletal disabilities related to snakebites have been a neglected area of resea...

Hospital X in the South Tangerang serves BPJS outpatients, every month sending claims for outpatient services to BPJS Health, but not all submitted claims are processed by BPJS Health. There are a number of claims that are returned because they are n...

The health crisis caused by COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the provision of physiotherapists’ services during the pandemic. Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a major health problem and one of the most common causes of pain in the front...

In Ireland, the extent of outpatient orthopedic waiting lists results in long waiting times for patients, delays in processing referrals, and variation in the consultant caseload. At the study site, the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a lateral, rotated curvature of the spine. It is a 3-dimensional deformity that arises in otherwise healthy children at or around puberty. AIS is the most common form of scoliosis in the pediatric population....

We established spatial neglect prevalence, disease profile and amount of therapy that inpatient stroke survivors received, and outcomes at discharge using Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) data. We used data from 88,664 National Health...

Phenomenon: Patient aggression directed toward medical personnel, including medical school students during their internships, is an increasingly important issue. To minimize this phenomenon, violence management training programs were carried out. App...

Background: Gender medicine permeates all sectors of medicine, from prevention to treatment and rehabilitation; it aims to customize the care path, ensuring equity in the access to health care system services. It is unclear to what extent physiothera...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted healthcare delivery globally, particularly affecting physiotherapy practices that rely on close patient interactions. Objectives: This study investigates the knowledge and readiness of Lib...