Management of traumatic brain injury

Associate Professor Leanne Hassett, an expert on interventions to increase physical activity in neurological populations, has written an Invited Topical Review on physiotherapy management of moderate- to-severe traumatic brain injury.

Invited Topical Reviews are hugely popular because they summarise the causes, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and management of a condition.

Organising IGNITE 2023 has been a pleasure, says Dr Jo Connaughton APAM, chair of both the Conference Advisory Committee and the Scientific Program Committee.

Physiotherapist-directed exercise is a key component of burns rehabilitation, helping to reduce scar contracture and improve range of motion, muscle strength, exercise capacity and quality of life.

‘Our main role as physiotherapists is to try to improve movement in general. 

Thank you for joining us on our journey through the consideration of pain sensitivity in clinical practice. To finish the series, we will endeavour to answer a few questions from readers.

How do we determine whether the sensitivity is a result of true pathology or not?

1. Huntington’s disease is not just a hyperkinetic movement disorder

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder with a typical age of onset in the 30s and 40s.

The winner of the Readers’ Choice Award—Professor Peter Malliaras’ Invited Topical Review on physiotherapy management of Achilles tendinopathy—is announced in the July issue of the Journal of Physiotherapy.

Chronic low back pain (LBP), defined as lasting for three months or more, is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally, due to both persistent pain and high disability.

There is no recipe for the management of people whose pain sensitivity makes a significant contribution to their presentation.

But that’s okay because this is what makes our job interesting and rewarding.