To coincide with Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, InMotion speaks with clinician, researcher and educator Catherine Granger, who has spent a significant part of her career treating and evaluating interventions for people with lung cancer who have had, or are recovering from, lung surgery.

PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH FOUNDATION The Physiotherapy Research Foundation is celebrating 35 years of supporting physiotherapists. Here, Kate Moore talks about her research and clinical practice.

TAS EVENT Hanny Allston has many pursuits and she’s thriving on the challenge of balancing them to maximise her potential.

VIC EVENT Dr Stephanie Filbay’s research has found that current management of anterior cruciate ligament injury in Australia is not evidence-based and that anterior cruciate ligament ruptures can heal without surgery.

RESEARCH FOCUS The role of physiotherapists in dispensing weight management advice is controversial but a recent clinical trial suggests that physiotherapists can confidently deliver dietary health behaviour change support along with exercise when treating knee osteoarthritis.

High value care is a concept bandied around by researchers, policy wonks and bureaucrats but it’s also something that all physiotherapists can strive to provide to their patients.

Bernie Bissett is researching ways to help ICU patients breathe again after mechanical ventilation.

October is Safe Work Month. Simon Mitchell, Michelle Strother, Marcus Mancer, Zac Lowth and Lucia Tsui of the APA Occupational Health national group present five discussion points about how physiotherapists can help keep workers physically, mentally and culturally safe.

AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS In this case study, David Elvish demonstrates how a pragmatic and comprehensive biopsychosocial model of assessment and management led to a graduated improvement in pain self-efficacy, mitigated distress and made resumption of activity possible.

PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH FOUNDATION For the past 35 years, the Physiotherapy Research Foundation has supported physiotherapists and research. Brigitte Tampin talks about a career spanning two countries and years of significant research projects.