Associate Professor Michele Callisaya, Dr Kate Lawler and Dr Claudia Meyer contribute five evidence-based practice points about physical activity and working with people living with dementia. 

Despite having physiotherapy as the cornerstone of its management, very few physiotherapists know about the various forms of inflammatory myopathies. To coincide with Myositis Awareness Month, Eve Vickerson with the Myositis Association Australia speaks with APA member Ian Cooper and Peter Williams, who lives with a form of myositis that currently has no effective treatment.

Reforms to the current funding model for physiotherapy aged care are desperately needed—just ask those at the coalface. Lindsey Brett and Natasha Pocovi draw on some of the views of Australian physiotherapists collected anonymously as part of their study into the barriers and facilitators for physiotherapy in residential aged care facilities.

A new landmark report into the value of physiotherapy and the findings of the Aged Care Royal Commission recognise that physiotherapy is the first step in falls prevention.

This systematic review found that multidisciplinary, exercise-based oncology rehabilitation programs improve some patient-level outcomes compared with usual care. Q&A with Amy Dennett.

Physiotherapists are in a unique position to promote increased physical activity to their clients. We speak to four physiotherapists about the importance of physical activity and how to talk about it. 

Wayne Rodgers discusses the development and benefits of Kinetic Link Training and his comprehensive latest course.

Rik Dawson’s Top Up program provides older people with a series of exercise videos designed to improve their strength and mobility. A conversation with him about two videos he has created to help frail older people exercise in their chairs.

A systematic review investigated the effects of stroke on dual-task interference while walking. Q&A with Marco Pang.

Sophie Heywood, Jillian Chua and Anna Scheer from the Aquatic group present five discussion points about the benefits of aquatic physiotherapy in rehabilitation and the prevention and management of a variety of conditions.