The inaugural Pitchfest winner, Brodwen McBain, has a few pearls of wisdom for prospective applicants of this year’s Physiotherapy Research Foundation-sponsored event Picthfest - make every word count and take time to prepare.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting almost 10 per cent of Australians, and is the most common condition leading to knee and hip replacements.

1. Aquatic plyometric training is effective in improving strength, jumping and sprinting

Interest in using plyometric exercises to improve power and function in older adults (Vetrovsky et al 2019) and clinical populations (Cordner et al 2021) is growing.

As an early graduate, Claire Baldwin, APAM, wasn’t heading directly towards a career in research.

Your trial compared two different approaches to providing a home exercise program after a bone or soft tissue injury of the wrist, hand and/or fingers. What are some examples of the sorts of injuries that the study participants had?

In an effort to improve patients’ ability to walk independently following a stroke, Sydney clinic Advance Rehab Centre (ARC) has invested more than $330,000 in a world-first purchase of a new robotic gait training device.

1. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves exercise capacity and quality of life and reduces breathlessness in people with chronic lung disease

PR is one of the most important things that somebody with a chronic lung disease can do to improve their health.

This surge in digital connectivity is uniting physiotherapists, researchers and patients like never before. The use of telehealth to provide group exercise classes for those with Parkinson’s disease has proved an invaluable tool for clinician and patient, writes Denis Giguere.

Wei-Ju Chang wants to know why—why people who undergo a total knee joint replacement experience weakness in the quadriceps despite intensive physiotherapy rehabilitation.

Why, despite improvement in function, around 20–30 per cent of these people still have ongoing pain and weakness in the thigh muscle.

Cellulitis is a common and painful bacterial skin infection, contributing to about 130,000 emergency department presentations per year, with about 70,000 of those requiring admission to hospital.

These are startling statistics, says Elizabeth Webb, APAM, who three years ago initiated research to test whether compression therapy could prevent recurrent cellulitis of the leg.