Your previous paper establishing core competencies for physiotherapists making videoconferencing recommendations was very timely. How much uptake and interest in them was there?

The first-line care consistently recommended for people with low back pain includes patient education and advice.

More than 85 per cent of Australians live within 50 kilometres of the beach but for many people with disabilities and mobility issues, it’s inaccessible.

The barriers are just too big.

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PFMT FOR POSTPARTUM INCONTINENCE

This systematic review found that group-based pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) during pregnancy is likely more efficient than individual postnatal PFMT for women with incontinence. Q&A with Robyn Brennen.

Physiotherapy is the most popular primary healthcare choice in Australia and other developed countries, with reports of good patient satisfaction for people with acute and chronic conditions.

Why create the course?

The role of physiotherapy in the management of dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) conditions is being acknowledged in other countries, particularly the USA, in this rapidly growing field of musculoskeletal physiotherapy.

In Australia we are not responding to this extended demand on our services.

After graduating from the Doctor of Physiotherapy program at Macquarie University in 2015, Vicky Duong set her sights on pursuing her main area of interest—hands.

But an unexpected opportunity to work on a large randomised clinical trial on treatments for hand osteoarthritis (OA) exposed her to the world of research.

Your systematic review tackled a topic that has been addressed before: the Journal recently published a randomised trial demonstrating an intervention that is effective to improve physical activity levels in older inpatients. But the problem of loss of functional mobility during hospitalisations is not completely solved, is it?

1. Imaging is not required to diagnose osteoarthritis

Guidelines endorse the use of clinical criteria for diagnosing osteoarthritis without the need for imaging (RACGP 2018).