Browsing Research Articles (Physiotherapy) by Title
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Scapular stress fracture in a professional cricketer and a review of the literature
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A South African experience in applying the Adopt–Contextualise–Adapt framework to stroke rehabilitation clinical practice guidelines
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-06-06)Background: Clinical practice guideline (CPG) activity has escalated internationally in the last 20 years, leading to increasingly sophisticated methods for CPG developers and implementers. Despite this, there remains a ... -
South African Guidelines Excellence (SAGE) : clinical practice guidelines - quality and credibility
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In this editorial, the first in a series of six, we present issues critical to CPG development and uptake, relevant to South Africa (SA) and beyond. While recent local efforts to improve CPG quality and ... -
South African Guidelines Excellence (SAGE) : efficient, effective and unbiased clinical practice guideline teams
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2016)ENGLISH SUMMARY : A range of different evidence-based methods for clinical practice guideline activities have been established, and there is common agreement in these that poorly conceived CPG team composition and management ... -
South African Guidelines Excellence (SAGE) : What’s in a name?
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2016)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Project SAGE (South African Guidelines Excellence) is a 3-year research project, funded by the South African Medical Research Council, through the South African University Flagship Project scheme ... -
The spinal posture of computing adolescents in a real-life setting
(BioMed Central, 2014-06)Background: It is assumed that good postural alignment is associated with the less likelihood of musculoskeletal pain symptoms. Encouraging good sitting postures have not reported consequent musculoskeletal pain reduction ... -
Standardising evidence strength grading for recommendations from multiple clinical practice guidelines : a South African case study
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2018-08-29)Background: Significant resources are required to write de novo clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). There are many freely-available CPGs internationally, for many health conditions. Developing countries rarely have the ... -
Strategies to increase clinical reasoning and critical thinking in physiotherapy education
(AOSIS Publishing, 2014-04-20)Physiotherapists require clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills in order to perform as effective, first-line practitioners. Concept maps were incorporated into an existing hybrid-PBL module in a Physiotherapy ... -
Suitability of "guidelines for screening of prosthetic candidates : lower limb" for the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a qualitative study
(AOSIS, 2018)Background: Major lower limb amputation has a severe impact on functional mobility. Mobility can be salvaged with a prosthesis, but this is not always the best option. It is often difficult to decide whether to refer someone ... -
Surviving critical illness : what is next? an expert consensus statement on physical rehabilitation after hospital discharge
(BioMed Central, 2016-10-29)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: The study objective was to obtain consensus on physical therapy (PT) in the rehabilitation of critical illness survivors after hospital discharge. Research questions were: what are PT goals, ... -
A systematic review on self-management education campaigns for back pain
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on back pain recommend early management and use of approaches that emphasise self-management, psychological and physical therapies. Lately, mass media campaigns, ... -
A systematic review protocol on the effectiveness of therapeutic exercises utilised by physiotherapists to improve function in patients with burns
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2017)Background: Therapeutic exercises play a crucial role in the management of burn injuries. The broad objective of this review is to systematically evaluate the effectiveness, safety and applicability to low-income countries ... -
Teaching my peers : perceptions of tutors in physiotherapy practical skills training
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)Background. A near-peer tutorial system was introduced and implemented as part of a second-year module to assist physiotherapy students with the practising of manual techniques. Although not the primary drive for initiating ... -
There’s more to weaning than just the lungs
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2018)No abstract available. -
The three-dimensional kinematics and spatiotemporal parameters of gait in 6–10 year old typically developed children in the Cape Metropole of South Africa : a pilot study
(BioMed Central, 2016-12-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Functional gait is an integral part of life, allowing individuals to function within their environment and participate in activities of daily living. Gait assessment forms an essential part ... -
Towards a needs-based design of the physical rehabilitation workforce in South Africa : trend analysis [1990–2017] and a 5-year forecasting for the most impactful health conditions based on global burden of disease estimates
(Springer Nature, 2021-05-13)Background: Rehabilitation can improve function in many people with chronic health conditions. It is important to consider priority conditions requiring rehabilitation, so it can be realistically positioned and costed in ... -
Training programmes to improve evidence uptake and utilisation by physiotherapists : a systematic scoping review
(BioMed Central, 2018-01-15)Background: Research training programmes are a knowledge translation (KT) intervention which aim to improve research evidence uptake by clinicians. Whilst KT training programmes have been reported to significantly improve ... -
An ultrasonographic analysis of the activation patterns of abdominal muscles in children with spastic type cerebral palsy and in typically developing individuals : a comparative study
(BioMed Central, 2018-06-05)Background: Abdominal muscles have stiffer appearance in individuals with spastic type cerebral palsy (STCP) than in their typically developing (TD) peers. This apparent stiffness has been implicated in pelvic instability, ... -
An update on the prevalence of low back pain in Africa : a systematic review and meta-analyses
(BioMed Central, 2018-06-21)Background: Low back pain (LBP) remains a common health problem and one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions found among developed and developing nations. The following paper reports on an updated search of the ... -
Validation of the Canadian norms for the Alberta infant motor scale for infants in a South African region aged four to twelve months : a pilot study
(AOSIS Publishing, 2012-12-11)The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) is a norm referenced,performance based, observational tool that assesses motor developmentin infants from birth up to the age of eighteen months. The AIMS has beenwidely used by ...
