The patients in your trial had quite severe brain injuries. They were four months post injury and had spent around two of those months in post-traumatic amnesia. Can you explain the significance of that?

The traumatic brain injury (TBI) population represents some of the most challenging people for therapists working in rehabilitation.

There has been an exponential rise in women participating in sport, from amateur to professional leagues.

This rapid increase in participation has seen a concurrent increase in injuries such as sport-related concussions.

Strategies for the prevention of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries include a wide variety of interventions. Why did you choose to investigate plyometrics?

Matt To’omua recalls his first interactions with concussion as a ‘head knock’ during a game in high school, which resulted in him attending the local hospital emergency department.

While this has highlighted the issue and the need to be vigilant, the stories don’t often provide the full scope of different aspects of concussion recognition, management and long-term consequences.

These questions often fall to primary healthcare practitioners, including physiotherapists.

Patient engagement is a key factor in the successful delivery of healthcare. 

However, it can be difficult to achieve that engagement when patients come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds—patients don’t always engage the way we may expect or with what we want. 

Smart watches and other wearable activity trackers (WATs) encourage wearers to walk for up to 40 minutes more a day according to a recent review by University of South Australia researchers in The Lancet Digital Health.

What’s different about ‘PEDro Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Practice Level 3’ compared to many of the other courses offered through the APA?

This course stands out because it is applicable to physiotherapists in all areas of practice. 

A multidisciplinary research group based at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth is looking at the use of robotic technology to take on some of the rehabilitation load in patients with neurological conditions, allowing patients to do longer sessions of therapy by keeping them actively engaged and providing assistance and support as required.