PHYSIOTHERAPY EVIDENCE DATABASE A trial found physiotherapy is as effective as arthroscopic menisectomy for knee pain with non-obstructive meniscal tears.

The Editorial Board of the Journal of Physiotherapy has welcomed two new appointments this year, Professor Carol Hodgson, FACP, and Associate Professor Christine Lin, APAM, who have joined for an initial three-year term. Carol is the deputy director of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, and a senior physiotherapist in the ICU at the Alfred Hospital.

The January issue of the Journal of Physiotherapy shows how a range of study designs—not just randomised trials—can sometimes generate important clinical implications, writes Mark Elkins.

APA Cancer, Palliative Care and Lymphoedema group members Elise Gane, Amy Dennett and Veronica Scriven provide five discussion points.

The 2018 Seeding Grants have been awarded to three APA members. Kate Cameron, Gabrielle Street and Robyn Brennen discuss their research projects.

The loss of strength after a stroke is a common impairment. Davide De Sousa discusses the research that explores whether interventions involving repetitive practice improve strength in stroke patients.

APA disability group national committee members Catherine Kohlenberg and Denise Luscombe, with Bas Jansen and state committee members Prue Golland and Tamara Druery (New South Wales) and Sue Diggins (Victoria) provide five discussion points.

GOOD GAME A study from University of Sydney concluded that the effect of an eight-week video game program was as good as exercise programs delivered by a physiotherapist. Lead researcher Dr Joshua Zadro, APAM, discusses these findings.

DATA SAFETY In the second part of this two-part series, APA Digital Technology Advisor Barry Nguyen looks at encrypted messaging and security.