A key aspect of osteoarthritis (OA) care is patient education. 

However, there are barriers to physiotherapists delivering high-quality education to patients with OA—skill and knowledge deficits, time pressures and a lack of high quality resources to give to patients.

Your Invited Topical Review recognises a diverse array of causes of bronchiectasis. What is it that links all of them?

They all cause a clinical syndrome characterised by chronic infection, airway inflammation and persistent productive cough.

It is estimated that one in five Australians has chronic pain (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Henderson et al 2013), resulting in a substantial reduction in wellbeing and increased healthcare visits annually (Blyth et al 2004). 

Your recent systematic review sought to estimate the effects of Bobath therapy relative to other rehabilitation interventions on upper-limb outcomes in people with stroke. Did you take a similar approach to reviewing the literature as your recent review on lower-limb outcomes?

Researchers are being led by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities of regional New South Wales to develop strategies that will empower Indigenous Australians to self-manage their recovery after stroke.

Bronchiectasis

The physiotherapy profession has much to offer people with bronchiectasis, making a unique contribution as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Despite this, clinical practice guidelines for physiotherapy management of adults with bronchiectasis have not been updated in five years.

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Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term used to describe a group of permanent, fluctuating disorders of movement, posture and motor function caused by a non- progressive lesion or abnormality in the immature brain (Sadowska et al 2020).

Physiotherapist and lecturer Dr Wei-Ju Chang APAM MACP straddles both clinical work and research, with a focus on chronic pain. 

The diagnosis and management of concussion has, historically, relied on clinical judgement and specialist opinion. Tools such as the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool 5 have been developed and include inventories or scales that require self-reporting, comparing injury to baseline scores.