Physiotherapy

Some books available in the library

  • Cardiovascular / respiratory physiotherapy
  • Cash textbook of general and medical and surgical conditions for physiotherapists
  •  Musculoskeletal physiotherapy: clinical science and evidence based practice
  •  Physiotherapy for burns and plastic reconstruction of  the hand
  • Physiotherapy for children
  • Physiotherapy in  orthopaedics : a problem solving approach
  • Physiotherapy in respiratory care: an evidence based approach
  • Practical evidence based physiotherapy
  • Recent advances in physiotherapy
  • Tidy’s Physiotherapy

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Advances in Physiotherapy (Full-text available via NHS Athens)

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Full-text not available)

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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To estimate readiness of older rehabilitation users in the United States to participate in video-based telerehabilitation and assess disparities in readiness among racial and ethnic minoritized populations, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and rural-dwelling older adults.
Author: Jason R. Falvey, Na Sun, Matthew J. Miller, Alisa Pravdo, C. Daniel Mullins
: To assess the feasibility of using biomechanical gait balance measures, the frontal and sagittal plane center of mass (COM)-Ankle angles, to prospectively predict recurrent falls in community-dwelling older adults.
Author: Tzurei Betty Chen, Li-Shan Chou
We read with interest a recent article in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis summarizing the evidence for the effectiveness of aquatic therapy on motor and social skills and executive function in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. They highlighted and supported the strong benefits that aquatic therapy has demonstrated in a number of areas [1]. After reading the full article, we would like to offer some cursory comments and questions and look forward to discussing them with the authors.
Author: Suni Ma, Xinqiao Yu
To examine the relationships of pain intensity, opioid use, and opioid misuse with depressive symptom severity and probable major depression (PMD) among participants with spinal cord injuries (SCI), controlling for demographic, injury, and socioeconomic characteristics.
Author: James S. Krause, Clara E. Dismuke-Greer, Nicole D. DiPiro, Jillian M.R. Clark, Jon Laursen-Roesler
We appreciate the opportunity to respond to Moraska and Hickner's (MH) latest comments about our microanalytical studies.
Author: Jay P. Shah, Jerome V. Danoff, Lynn Y. Nakamura, Lynn H. Gerber
We appreciate the comments that highlight the difficulty of doing science and research in this field, and also that point out relevant aspects of this subject.
Author: Alejandro Suero-Pineda, Ángel Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Manuel Rodríguez-Piñero Durán, Pablo Rodríguez Sánchez-Laulhé, María Ángeles García-Frasquet, Jesús Blanquero
We read with interest a recently published article titled "Effectiveness of a Telerehabilitation Evidence-Based Tablet App for Rehabilitation in Traumatic Bone and Soft Tissue Injuries of the Hand, Wrist, and Fingers"1 in the Journal of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has piqued our interest.
Author: Anmol Bhatia, Gurman Kaur
Thanks so much for your comments and suggestions. We used RoB 2 and ROBIS-I tool examined the study quality for RCT, and non-RCT study independently. For RCT study, the overall risk of bias of eight studies is “low”, the overall risk of bias of eight studies is “remains concern” (Table 4). For non-RCT study, the overall bias of one study is “moderate” (Table 5).
Author: Cuicui Wang, Peixin Nie, Peng Wang, Yunxia Wang, Yufeng Zang, Ye Zhang
Thank you for providing us the opportunity to address concerns raised in a letter to the editor regarding our systematic review. We value the writer's interest in our work and would like to provide responses to each of the three comments that have been brought to our attention.
Author: Ashan Wijekoon, Subashini Jayawardana, Rhian Milton-Cole, KRM Chandrathilake, Amy Jones, Sophie Cook, Ed Morrison, Katie J Sheehan

British Journal of Sports Medicine ( Full Text available for some articles)

Author: Oliveira, J. S., Sherrington, C., Rissel, C., Howard, K., Tong, A., Merom, D., Wickham, J., Bauman, A. E., Lord, S. R., Lindley, R. I., Simpson, J. M., Allman-Farinelli, M., Kirkham, C., Ramsay, E., ORourke, S., Tiedemann, A.
Author: Bolam, K. A., Bojsen-Moller, E., Wallin, P., Paulsson, S., Lindwall, M., Rundqvist, H., Ekblom-Bak, E.
Author: O'Donovan, G., Petermann-Rocha, F., Ferrari, G., Lee, I.-M., Hamer, M., Stamatakis, E., Sarmiento, O. L., Ibanez, A., Lopez-Jaramillo, P.
Author: Gupta, N., Crowley, P., Holtermann, A., Straker, L., Stamatakis, E., Ding, D.
Author: Reid, C., Grant, L., Morris, J., Brockett, C. L., Jarvie, G., Murray, A.

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Physiotherapy (Full-text available via NHS Athens)

Physical Therapy (Full-text available via NHS Athens)

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice (Full-text available via NHS Athens after 18 months)

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