Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) delivered by telehealth may be a feasible intervention for urinary incontinence and/or faecal incontinence after gynaecological cancer surgery, say Australian researchers in a paper published in Supportive Care in Cancer in 2023.

Early career researcher Cassandra Wong has received a Seeding Grant to investigate how Parkinson’s disease patients access physiotherapy services and why.

Dance has been shown to be good for both the minds and bodies of people as they age. Nancy Low Choy Memorial Gerontology/Neurology Seeding Grant recipient Heidi Gilchrist outlines that carefully structured dance classes may also help prevent falls.

A group of physiotherapists in the Netherlands, Italy and Germany investigated how authors of randomised controlled trials interpret the clinical relevance of the effects of physiotherapy interventions compared with no intervention on pain intensity, physical function and time to recovery in people with chronic low back pain. Corresponding author Tiziano Innocenti agrees to answer some questions about the study.

A group of physiotherapists in Melbourne recently conducted a mixed-methods study to investigate the student experience of near-peer-led simulation in physiotherapy education. Senior author Associate Professor Selina Parry answers some questions about the study and its findings.

A group of physiotherapists in Melbourne has tackled the issue of clinical supervision for physiotherapists practising in the public health system. Corresponding author David Snowdon answers some questions about their randomised trial.

Mark Elkins summarises the research published in the January issue of the Journal before the authors of several papers answer some questions about their research.

A trial of early active mobilisation in critically ill patients has won a prestigious research award. Professor Carol Hodgson discusses the trial and its surprising result.

A digital upgrade for a popular spasticity assessment guide won the Physiotherapy Research Foundation Physio Pitchfest 2023 Judges’ Award at the APA conference last October.

At October’s IGNITE 2023 national conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, physiotherapists were exposed to some of the big questions facing the physiotherapy community. Here is a snapshot of key sessions.