A multidisciplinary research group based at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth is looking at the use of robotic technology to take on some of the rehabilitation load in patients with neurological conditions, allowing patients to do longer sessions of therapy by keeping them actively engaged and providing assistance and support as required.

Why did you decide to undertake this study? Did it build on any previous work in particular?

This study directly built on one we published in 2021 investigating whether people’s management preferences were influenced by different diagnostic labels for rotator cuff disease.

Your Invited Topical Review recognises two types of Achilles tendinopathy. Why is this distinction important?

Margaret Anne Lewington 1957–2022

Margaret Lewington fell in love with the water at a very young age.

She speaks of the career break led her to question what to do with her extensive physiotherapy knowledge, her sporting contacts and her time.

Tell us about the course. How are musculoskeletal presentations with neural tissue involvement managed? 

Such presentations respond differently to physical assessment than might be expected with soft tissue or joint problems. 

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and 25 to 30 per cent of people with acute low back pain go on to develop persistent and disabling pain. 

Despite the enormous healthcare costs spent on care for people with low back pain, the disability burden is increasing.

More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, health systems around the world are grappling with its sequel, long COVID, a chronic condition with similarities to chronic fatigue that has affected millions of people globally. Here, InMotion looks at long COVID and the role of physiotherapists in treating it.

What exactly is long COVID?

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and patients noticed that some people were left with lingering symptoms long after the infection had passed. It wasn’t only the severely ill patients, either.